Little warbler guy.

10 years ago

This little guy hit my glass door and sat stunned for about 20 minutes. I live in central Iowa, what do you suppose it is?

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petalique

10 years ago

Yes, nice Black and white. Ditto what catherinet said about inadvertently getting to see birds because of stuns or window hits. Ditto cuckoo. I once hung some fine berry netting up over a large window. It worked. Looked funny for the month it was up (around this time of year).

Thanks for the reminder to keep my light muslin curtains closed for a while.

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catherinet
10 years ago
I think it's a black and white warbler. (seriously).
lindac92
Original Author
10 years ago
LOL!!...I agree....At first I googled "Black and white warbler"...because it seemed the obvious place to start....and the picture I found was not this bird. But I have since seen other pictures and it sure looks like it.
Do you suppose it is a migrant? Never seen one here before.
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tmff
10 years ago
Yes, Black-and-white Warbler. Probably a migrant. Hope it flew off okay.
lindac92
Original Author
10 years ago
Yep....he recovered and flew off on his journey. I hope he made it far enough south.
catherinet
10 years ago
I'm in zone 5 (central Indiana) and I see this guy at the beginning of migration in the spring, and at during the Fall migration........so that's probably why you're seeing him. Plus, I do believe that climate change is changing habitats and what here-to-for was "normal" for who we see when.

They are handsome little guys! (even in black and white). :)
lindac92
Original Author
10 years ago
I expect you are right as I have never seen one before. and I had a good long 20 minute look as he lay not 10 inches from my door.
catherinet
10 years ago
For some reason, I missed the part in your post about it being stunned. Did he fly off? I hope he was okay. I've gotten to see several birds up close, because they, unfortunately hit the window. Some made it, some didn't.......Yellow billed cuckoo, red-eyed vireo, woodcock, blue jay.........
lindac92
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes....flew away....close your curtains or hand something over your window....at this time of the year the sun is low and many birds are on a journey and they think the window is an open passage....put something over it so they don't die.
I keep curtains on my picture window that faces west closed at migration time....but this was a full view glass door, onto the deck with chairs and plants etc. Poor birdie must have thought he was goin g to fly through my kitchen and out the dining room!
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
10 years ago
I've had good results with decals you put on your windows to prevent collisions, Warning Web is one kind, but there are many others. You do have to put them on the outside of the window and the view out is somewhat obstructed, although I can still photograph birds through the windows - just avoiding the decals.

I still occasionally get a bird collision when the light is just right, but much fewer than before.

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Pat Z5or6 SEMich
10 years ago
I've been putting Post-it(R) notes all over my window (inside) and it's been very successful so far. Will see if they stay on the outside too.