July 25, 2024

I am a Black-throated Green Warbler

My extra large head is of note

My beak's thick and black

And to be exact

I have both a black chin and black throat.

Location: Pipe Creek Wildlife Area,  Sandusky, OH

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-throated_Green_Warbler/id

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

If you are reading and enjoying this blog, please consider supporting me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/deeat8am, or purchase my current book, The Rhyming Guide to Florida Spiders (details at https://deeateightam.blogspot.com/p/rhyming-guide-to-florida-spiders-now.html). Thank you for being a reader and friend of Dee at 8 A.M.

May 28, 2023

I am a Black-throated Green Warbler

I'm usually easier to hear than to see

I sing non-stop, high in the canopy

About how very much I love trees.

Special thanks to guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Magee Marsh, OH

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-throated_Green_Warbler/overview

Photo © 2023 David Simpson and text © 2023 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

October 27, 2018

Location: Vero, Memorial Island

I am a female Black-throated Green Warbler
I don't have a black throat like my mate.
I have two white wing bars and a white tummy,
And my bill is black, thick and straight.

Sources: Cornell Lab All About Birds - Black-throated Green Warbler

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

March 26, 2018

Location: Storm Water park, Sebastian

I'm a Black-throated Green Warbler,
I have a black throat and my crown 's olive green.
When I want to feed,
I glean insects from trees,
I move fast and can be hard to be seen.

Photo and text © 2017 Dee Fairbanks Simpson