Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Black-throated Green Warbler · Green-Wood Cemetery · 28 September 2025
A Black-throated Green Warbler from the side at Green-Wood in late September, a female or a young bird on its way from the Canadian spruce forests to Central America. The cemetery is one of the best places in the city to watch the autumn passage, and this species is one of the commoner ones in it.
The yellow face framed by a plain olive crown and the streaking along the flanks are the clearest sign of age or sex; a breeding male wears a solid black throat like a scarf. The song is the thing to know: a buzzy "zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee" from the treetops that is often the first sign the spruce-forest warblers have come through in May.
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