Canada Warbler Craggy Dome North Carolina Royalty-Free Stock Photo

This Canada Warbler was relatively easy to find along the trail by listening for his song, a “chip” followed by a distinctive pause, and then a series of short, sputtery notes: “chip chupety swee- ditchety”.Once I narrowed the area where the calls were coming from, all I had to do is look for the movement of yellow feathers in the brush.Males are more brightly colored than females, with bluish-grey upper parts and tail and bright yellow underparts. Their crown plumage is adorned with delicate black and bluish points, a black forehead and “sideburns,” which join to form a distinctive necklace of black blotchy stripes across its intensely yellow chest.