Prairie Warbler ♂

Setophaga discolor

Garrett Family Preserve at Cape Island Creek

Cape May, NJ

 

During my formative birding years, butterbutts were my best friends. As time passed, they became roguish, sparse, and unreliable, and so, I was forced to dump them in favor of a new friendship that I'd seemingly forged with the affable and abundant prairie warblers. During this particular south NJ visit, this bond was officially made iron clad.

 

I have now seen these lemon-lime lollygaggers in Florida, Maine, and in many states in-between. Still, I never would've guessed that NJ would come out of nowhere to steal the crown as my current GOAT prairie warbler shot by presenting me with one perched damn near an arm's length away.

Done