Warblers - 23 Aug. 2009

Warblers and other passerines have begun to pass through central Iowa. In fact, even along College Creek (including our yard which borders College Creek) has been decent for migrants. Over the last 2 days we've seen these species in the area:

GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER

CANADA WARBLER

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER

MOURNING WARBLER

YELLOW WARBLER

VEERY

Numerous RED-EYED VIREOS, WARBLING VIREOS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, LEAST FLYCATCHERS, etc.

Yesterday, we had this GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER just down the path from our yard:

Today there was this MOURNING WARBLER which gave us a good chance to study up on eye-rings and throat/breast patterns of fall MOWA's.