Black-Throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
The Black-Throated Green Warbler spends summers in northeastern North America from central Alberta (Canada) to the Canadian North Atlantic coast, and in the USA’s Great Lakes states to New England, south through the Appalachians, and near the coast of North Carolina. They spend winters in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the Caribbean.
In the past, scientists viewed the population of Black-Throated Green Warblers breeding in the cypress swamps of the mid-Atlantic coast, a subspecies (S. v. waynei). That view is no longer held by mainstream scientists, and we now consider the species as monotypic (no subspecies).
Until recently, I had only met these birds in Texas during Spring migrations. But in the spring of 2023, I spent time in Ontario, on the shore of Lake Huron, and met these birds on their breeding grounds. I met so many passerines new to me on South Padre Island, it’s tough to call out favorites. This bird could certainly qualify.
23 Photos
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:43 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3976-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:40 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3922-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:38 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3886-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
|
Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:37 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3858-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:35 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3809-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
|
Description: Here is another bird I met for the first time at the Convention Centre. The list just keeps getting longer. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 9:32 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3767-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers surely have “black throats”. However, the “green” is less obvious. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:29 16:53 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3845_SPI-ConventionCtr |
| (C)2020 Jack Daynes |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers surely have “black throats”. However, the “green” is less obvious. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:29 16:53 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3827_SPI-ConventionCtr |
| (C)2020 Jack Daynes |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers surely have “black throats”. However, the “green” is less obvious. Spring visits to South Padre Island can produce unexpected results. Sometimes there are lulls in the migration, and other times there are spikes. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:29 16:05 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X3581_SPI-ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Some of the Black-Troated Green Warblers stayed behind to fatten up before moving on. My stay at the Convention Centre was relatively brief this Thursday. There was a lull in the migration, but even on a slow day good things can occur here. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:22 12:29 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X0997SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Warblers such as this Black-Throated Green are the rock stars at SPI, but other bird families pass through here too. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 14:22 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X9969SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Warblers such as this Black-Throated Green are the rock stars at SPI, but other bird families pass through here too. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 14:13 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X9928SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I found this bird out on the boardwalk. It was a bright Sunday on South Padre Island, and I stayed over 9 hours. I started the morning with an hour at Sheepshead Sanctuary and drove to the Convention Centre for the rest of the day, and met a couple of birds new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:05:02 17:31 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_D5X5372_SPI-ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: A new bird for me during this fall migration on South Padre Island was this Black-Throated Green Warbler. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 12:31 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_8503007-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I jumped at the opportunity when I was invited to visit my friend Judy’s cabin near the shore of Georgian Bay at Lake Huron. I filled the bird feeders when I arrived, and two days later, the local birds discovered the seeds and suit, and I captured all the images I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:21 14:19 |
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Location:
Wahnekewaning Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X8304_TinyBeachesCottage-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I jumped at the opportunity when I was invited to visit my friend Judy’s cabin near the shore of Georgian Bay at Lake Huron. I filled the bird feeders when I arrived, and two days later, the local birds discovered the seeds and suit, and I captured all the images I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:21 14:17 |
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Location:
Wahnekewaning Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X8217_TinyBeachesCottage-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I jumped at the opportunity when I was invited to visit my friend Judy’s cabin near the shore of Georgian Bay at Lake Huron. I filled the bird feeders when I arrived, and two days later, the local birds discovered the seeds and suit, and I captured all the images I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:21 14:16 |
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Location:
Wahnekewaning Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X8137_TinyBeachesCottage-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I jumped at the opportunity when I was invited to visit my friend Judy’s cabin near the shore of Georgian Bay at Lake Huron. I filled the bird feeders when I arrived, and two days later, the local birds discovered the seeds and suit, and I captured all the images I could. |
Date Taken: 2023:05:18 13:52 |
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Location:
Wahnekewaning Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X6314_TinyBeachesCottage-Ont-CA |
| © 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers regularly pass through south Texas during migration. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:17 12:56 |
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Location:
South Padre Island |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X7028_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers regularly pass through south Texas during migration. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:17 12:56 |
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Location:
South Padre Island |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X7059_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: Black-Throated Green Warblers regularly pass through south Texas during migration. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:17 12:57 |
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Location:
South Padre Island |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X7100_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I found a good spot to perch at the Convention Centre’s water-feature and captured a Black-Throated Green Warbler as it came to drink. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:19 13:51 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X8098_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Throated Green Warbler(Setophaga virens) |
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Description: I enjoyed spending time with Black-Throated Green Warblers almost every one of the eleven of the spring days I spent on SPI in 2024. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:22 9:59 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: BlackThroatedGreenWarbler_Z9X0203_SPI-Sheepshead |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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