Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

The first Yellow-rumped Warblers just migrated into our area, and I saw them for the first time this fall on Tuesday.  Pretty soon they'll be everywhere.  As you could probably guess from their name, these warblers have a bright yellow patch on their rumps, but I find that they are more quickly identified by two yellow patches on the sides of their chests, since their rumps are sometimes covered with their wings. 

Yellow-rumped Warbler 

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

This past July I went to Dallas, and they were there in there in full breeding plumage by the hundreds.  Most of these were of the "Myrtle" subspecies, like we get here in Florida. But I did find one "Audubon's" subspecies there, which was kind of nice.  The Audubon's Warblers have yellow throats, and the Myrtles have white throats without a white eyebrow.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)