Bird of the week 2023 | Week 35


Yellow-rumped warbler [MichaelWarren.com]

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Posted September 21, 2023 | By Michael Warren

Yellow-rumped warbler

Known affectionately as “Butter Butt,” the yellow-rumped warbler begins to appear in Marion County in late October. This one was sallying at a backyard suet feeder, hovering almost like a hummingbird but more frantically. These birds breed in Canada and Alaska and spend the winter as far south as Panama.

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