black throated green warbler nc | Best Life Birding- Birdwatching Tours

Here’s a nice little bird I spotted at Lake Betz in Morrisville NC this past weekend, a Black-throated Green Warbler!
I’d been hoping to catch a good look at one of these beauties this autumn but hadn’t had luck in doing so until this one showed up.
Happily he responded well to my pishing and even landed on a branch in good lighting which rewarded me a few decent shot opportunities before he flew off into the trees.

Depending on where you live in NC, these birds are either transient migratory visitors or are locally common summertime residents. This is because Black-throated Green Warblers have a split breeding range here in the Tarheel state.
Generally, they are found from late March through October in the mountains and in our coastal plain regions while they only tend to show up in the piedmont area from mid-April to mid-May, and again in early September through October.

While they favor stands of spruce, pine, fir, cedar, or cypress stands for nesting activities, once they start migrating south, the Black-throated Greens can be seen in just about any kind of habitats including deciduous forests and in scrub brush areas next to open fields or water.
That being said, they won’t stick around NC much longer as most of them have already headed out to spend the winter in warmer locals. Get out this weekend to see them before they move on!

Photos by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on my mirrorless megapixel monster, the mighty @canonusa #R5

Here’s a little bird I was excited to see last month, a Black-throated Green Warbler!
I spotted him with a group of fellow birders at the Old Bynum Bridge in Pittsboro, N.C. Although I’ve seen this species a few times before, these are the first photos I’ve ever captured of these cheerful feathered gems in the open. Nice to finally get this opportunity!

It was neat to watch this one hunt for insects in the morning sun. They are fast & efficient hunters, wasting no time as they dart in and out of the shadows while foraging for a meal in the trees. Black-throated Green Warblers are foliage gleaners, meaning they hop and fly around in trees and shrubs and pick off small insects from the leaves. You will most often see these birds at the edges of heavily forested areas where it’s easy for them to find prey.

Small flocks of Black-throated Green Warblers made their way through central North Carolina last month heading south to their wintering grounds in the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America.

When April arrives, they will once again be found during spring migration. Look for them in the mid to high canopies of tree tops and listen for their calls of “zee-zee-zee-zoooo-zee” to hone in on their exact location.
Aren’t they lovely?
🙂

Photo by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on the fabulous full frame DSLR, the @canonusa
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