One of my favorite species of high country birds in North Carolina is the Canada Warbler. I spotted this handsome male at Craggy Gardens off of the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday morning.
He was quite curious and flew in close when I called him which was pretty darn cool!

Canada Warblers are found in many types of forests, from conifer swamps to riparian woodlands. However, they are most commonly found in cool, damp, mixed deciduous-coniferous forests with well-developed shrub layers.
Here in the southern Appalachian Mountains, they are often spotted at the higher elevations foraging for insects during the summer.
They’ll stick around until mid to late September after which they’ll depart for their wintering grounds in the Andes in South America.

Photo by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on the incredible @canonusa #5ds