TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Yellow-rumped Warbler Dorsal Male Yellow-rumped Warbler- Dendroica coronata Yellow_rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family PARULIDAE. It was a very rainy Sunday morning. But I was excited to get into the field to look for warblers in Heuston Woods. Despite the rainshowers, I was able to identify three species of warblers in the transitional forest near Sugar Camp in Heuston Woods State Park. The canopy was loaded with warblers! It was fantastic! (Photo: April 25, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5 5.6 L IS USM, Better Beamer Flash Extender) "The Yellow-rumped Warbler is one of the most common warblers in North America. Although other warblers have yellow rumps, none are as conspicuous as consistently as this species. Breeds in coniferous forests from Alaska and Canada, southward to the northern United States and southward in the western mountains through Mexico to Guatemala." For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-rumped_Warbler_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.