Nashville Warbler in Crabapple exhibiting gray head with olive green back – a Common Yellowthroat is more olive brown on both head and back.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Life is simple for now, but soon this small songbird will mate and help to raise a family. The female may use a few porcupine quills in her nest and she will find a good supply of them under a beloved apple tree . . . before the blueberry field . . . that . . . alas! . . . the porcupines are particularly fond of gnawing.<\/p>\n Upside down Nashville Warbler eyeing me<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Upside down Nashville Warbler exhibiting a white belly . . . so I thought but actually the white is further down from the belly.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n This passerine darts quickly about the branches . . . at times reminding me of a trapeze artist.<\/p>\n Nashville Warbler peeking out of Crabapple blossoms with distinct ‘eyering’ aglow.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Unless I have made the same mistake previously, this will be my first ever capture of a Nashville Warbler here at Flower Hill Farm. I offer below some other photos of what I believe to be a female or immature Common Yellowthroat. The two can be confusing and since I was so familiar with the Common Yellowthroat and expected to see her again, I too quickly assigned a misnomer.<\/p>\n Immature or female Common Yellowthroat checking me out in July 2011<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n The head of this warbler is not gray . . . there is no distinct eyering . . . and the color of the head and back is more olive brown. There is a tiny bit of a black line beginning from the bill just under the eye, however. The Common Yellowthroat is a larger bird than that of the Nashville Warbler.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_4182Common-YT.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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