2023—The Warbler Tree

To me it was the Warbler Tree. It’s really a Cottonwood tree but one filled with Warblers. Each time we stopped there, we found four or five species of Warbler feeding, flitting through the foliage from leaf to twig to branch to trunk and back again. It was a challenge to find these tiny birds hidden in the dense foliage so we could photograph them. We even began to develop “Warbler neck” from staring straight up in search of them. I’d only ever experienced that pain in Magee Marsh. But it was well worth the sore neck. This tiny Northern Parula suddenly popped out from behind a leaf giving me a clear shot at it. In seconds, it disappeared behind a leaf and was once again hidden from view.