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The Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) is unusual among the Western Hemisphere’s wood-warbler family. While the majority of warblers are sexually dimorphic, with males noticeably brighter in the breeding season, the male and female Palm Warbler are nearly identical, and can be impossible to tell apart. Warblers, in general, spend a majority of their time in trees and shrubs, but the Palm Warbler is quite comfortable on the ground. Rather than hopping like their arboreal relatives, these birds take to walking or running. Like other warblers, the Palm Warbler often joins

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Happy Spring Migration, North America! Warblers, orioles, grosbeaks, buntings, and more beloved migratory species are all on their way right now to begin preparing for the breeding season across the United States and Canada. Billions of birds are on the move, passing through your cities and communities, and they face a gauntlet of threats along the way.

We can all do our part to help birds as they travel and raise their chicks. In this webinar, you’ll learn more about the dangers facing migratory birds in the breeding season, as

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The elusive Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) was once considered an isolated population of the Gray-cheeked Thrush. Then, in 1995, ornithologists decided that differences in plumage, size, song, and range warranted splitting the two into distinct species. Distinguishing the two is no easy task — they’re best identified by their songs, but the shy and furtive Bicknell’s Thrush is not always very vocal. Unlike other, more colorful and common thrushes such as the Mountain Bluebird and American Robin, the Bicknell’s Thrush is seldom seen. It’s most often glimpsed on its remote