 | I visit Florida in the wintertime, arriving around the first of October. You’ll find me hopping around in the grass and in bushes. You can distinguish me from other little birds because I bob my tail up and down a lot. Most Likely Found: In the marsh, In the open fields, In the treetops, In your backyard When: Winter Where I've photographed: Bok Tower, Circle B Bar Reserve, Fort De Soto, Lake Apopka, Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, Lake Morton, Oakland Nature Preserve, Viera Wetlands Read more: Palm Warbler at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Palm Warbler eBird range |
I have written 52 posts including a photo of a Palm Warbler
December 19, 2020 - This Palm Warbler hopped out onto a tree branch and flipped his tail for me, telling me that a common bird in good light is a good consolation prize when the less-common birds were busy.... Read more
January 18, 2020 - I've been noticing a Palm Warbler with a light-colored beak this year.... Normally Palm Warblers have dark beaks, so this one is a little rare.... Read more
May 13, 2019 - The Palm Warblers that winter in Florida share with us their pale non-breeding feather colors.... Read more
April 3, 2019 - Nearby, this Palm Warbler was searching for bugs in the flower bed.... Read more
January 29, 2019 - Palm Warbler Swamp Sparrow Crazy U and Lust Road The Crazy U is the strange U-shaped jut in the middle of Lust Road.... Read more
January 20, 2019 - As I was stalking goldfinches, I spotted this photogenic little Palm Warbler.... Read more
February 7, 2018 - The little Palm Warblers flew in and out, happily calling chip-chip.... Read more
January 24, 2018 - Instead they chased off the Osprey (and probably stole a fish from him.) Palm Warblers were everywhere.... Read more
October 22, 2017 - The Palm Warblers show up every year around the first of October.... Read more
April 30, 2017 - Another bird who enjoys his mealworms is the Palm Warbler.... Plus the Palm Warblers.... Read more
April 5, 2017 - Haha, Palm Warblers are hardly the birds that make the mulberry trees famous as a migrant stop-over!... Read more
April 3, 2017 - ...laughing at the Palm Warbler as he finds every mealworm you've dropped under the feeder...... Read more
March 28, 2017 - Remember my Palm Warbler who got the last laugh when I tried to manipulate him onto a pretty perch?... Read more
March 21, 2017 - The little Palm Warblers came to see if I put out any fresh mealworms.... Read more
March 19, 2017 - There's a little Palm Warbler who just loves my mealworm tray.... Read more
March 4, 2017 - This little Palm Warbler visited often to steal mealworms from my dish.... Read more
February 3, 2017 - The little Palm Warblers vied for my attention as they hopped onto my American Beautyberry bush to eat bugs.... Read more
January 18, 2017 - It lit the alligator flag plants perfectly, along with the little Palm Warbler hopping on the tops of the leaves...... Read more
January 14, 2017 - Although the marshes seem to be covered in Palm Warblers, and I have more photos than I care to remember, I always enjoy photographing them.... Read more
January 10, 2017 - The Palm Warblers were out also, bobbing their tails as they hopped on the ground.... Read more
October 27, 2016 - The little Palm Warblers were quick to hop out and enjoy the bugs that I stirred up with my mower.... But not before the Palm Warblers reminded me how tiny they are.... Read more
October 25, 2016 - A couple of Palm Warblers flew from reed to reed in the alligator flag plants.... Read more
October 22, 2016 - The Palm Warblers are definitely back!... Hey, the little Palm Warblers hopping on the ground sure come up with interesting meals.... Read more
December 24, 2015 - Palm Warbler Speaking of Christmas, everybody laughed at me when I started photographing the coots...but this one was a Christmas coot!... Read more
November 27, 2015 - Tiny Palm Warblers bobbled their tails as they hopped from branch to branch.... Read more
December 21, 2014 - One of the most common birds at this time of year is the small Palm Warbler.... Warblers can be confusing to identify if you are a beginning birder, but there's a trick to identifying the Palm Warbler.... Read more
April 6, 2014 - I had barely settled in when a Palm Warbler came hopping across the yard.... One way to identify Palm Warblers from a distance is to notice that they flap their tails up and down quite often.... Read more
March 12, 2014 - A Palm Warbler flitted by and landed on a branch in front of me.... Read more
February 10, 2014 - A curious Palm Warbler didn't seem to mind the strange camo tent.... Read more
December 10, 2012 - We have plenty of Palm Warblers that hop through the yard, and I finally saw Bow Tie, our Yellow-Throated Warbler that seems to come back from year to year.... Read more
January 2, 2012 - We spent most of our time trying to photograph Palm Warblers and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, because they were the only birds around!... Bird Species List (32 total): American Coot, American Robin, American White Pelican, Anhinga, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Boat-tailed Grackle, Common Gallinule, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern…... Read more
October 30, 2011 - Some Palm Warblers and other small birds were hopping in and out of the vegetation along Heron Hideout, and I kept hoping some of the wrens and sparrows would make an appearance out in the open.... But only the Palm Warblers obliged me...... Bird Species List (33 total): American Coot,…... Read more
October 29, 2011 - We all enjoyed watching the Palm Warblers flit about the yard.... Read more
October 24, 2011 - The little Palm Warblers were all over the place this morning.... He looked too yellow to be a Palm Warbler, and as I got my camera focused on him, I realized I was looking at a female Baltimore Oriole, the first one I've seen at Circle B.... Bird Species List…... Read more
October 18, 2011 - The Palm Warblers have been back for several weeks now, but between rainy weather and work, this weekend was my first opportunity to take a decent photograph of one.... Read more
March 27, 2011 - I almost didn't recognize this Palm Warbler in his fresh bright colors. Their yellow patches are so bright and yellow in the springtime!... Palm Warbler It was around 9:30 and still the fog had not lifted. That's pretty unusual. Finally we started to get a few glimmers of sun rays…... Read more
February 13, 2011 - I noticed that the Palm Warblers' colors are brighter, with more pronounced yellow and brown.... Palm Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler In a dead tree (no leaves to hide birds!), I came across a little green bird.... Yellowthroat, Common Grackle, Common Moorhen, Double-crested Cormorant, Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Phoebe, Fish Crow, Glossy Ibis,…... Read more
January 5, 2011 - The little Palm Warblers are abundant hoppers on the sidewalks these days. They aren't too afraid of people, either. I knelt down to get a nice background, and then got this full-frame shot.... Palm Warbler... Read more
November 28, 2010 - I was pretty excited when I saw this tack-sharp flight shot: Wood Stork Palm Warblers and Savannah Sparrows love to hop around in the bushes at the edge of the Marsh Rabbit Run and Wading Bird Way trails.... Palm Warbler Two river otters surfaced in the canal halfway up Marsh…... Read more
November 7, 2010 - Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks (Adults) Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks (Juveniles) There were little birds in the trees, like Palm Warblers and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers.... Sandpipers There are always Palm Warblers that like to hop in the bushes along Wading Bird Way.... Palm Warblers We hiked the Alligator Alley trail, but didn't expect to…... Read more
October 24, 2010 - Savannah Sparrows The Palm Warblers popped up in almost every bush, eating the aphids and other little bugs.... This was my best picture: Palm Warbler It was fun to see and hear the Eastern Meadowlarks along the Eagle Roost trail.... Glossy Ibis Species list: Anhinga, American Coot, Bald Eagle, Belted…... Read more
October 22, 2010 - It's such fun to take walks in the evenings now, with the trees full of little Palm Warblers hopping around in the twilight.... Palm Warbler... Read more
October 17, 2010 - Wood Storks Palm Warbler We turned our attention the warblers that were hopping up and down the vegetation along Heron Hideout.... It was just a few weeks ago that I got all excited for seeing my first-of-season Palm Warblers, Gray Catbirds, and Eastern Phoebes!... The Palm Warblers love the low,…... Read more
October 13, 2010 - Palm Warbler (no flash) Palm Warbler (flash) Flash can also illuminate a bird high in a tree: Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (no flash) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (flash)... Read more
October 10, 2010 - Today I nonchalantly dismissed one as "just another Palm Warbler." How quickly do the birding times change!!... Palm Warbler This morning's hike took us up Heron Hideout and out Marsh Rabbit Run.... The sun obligingly illuminated this guy for me: Savannah Sparrow With so many Palm Warblers around, it is…... Read more
October 4, 2010 - We saw several Palm Warblers, a Yellow-throated Warbler, at least five Killdeer, a Loggerhead Shrike, a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, and we heard an Eastern Phoebe and a Belted Kingfisher.... I really liked the bokeh in this shot of the Palm Warbler by the pond.... Palm Warbler... Read more
October 3, 2010 - Tricolored Heron The Palm Warblers are definitely back in full force!... Palm Warbler I've been seeing Wood Ducks in flight over Heron Hideout for the past few weeks.... Marsh Rabbit Run Species list: Anhinga, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-Winged Teal, Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Caspian Tern,…... Read more
September 26, 2010 - The Palm Warblers come back to Florida in September, but we don't seem to see them in the oak trees around our house until October 1.... Well, Goldy is happy to announce that we saw our first Palm Warbler tonight!... Why, he's the one that visits Goldy at her window,…... Read more
