It's officially warbler season! 5 Tips For Spring Warbler Watching

It's warbler season in our area. Locally, yellowthroat and yellow warblers can be found nesting in our wetlands and chestnut-sided, yellow-rumped and golden-winged warblers will be summering in local woodlots.

If you're not quite sure which migrants are arriving where or when, use the bar charts (under the "Explore Data" tab) on eBird.org. Select your state and county, then click on the month at the top of the bar chart, and you can see how frequently each species occurs in your area, down to the week. You can also check BirdCast for realtime bird forecasts that track the waves of migrants moving north across the continent. Armed with the latest intelligence on bird movements, and a plan for finding your local migrant bird hotspots, you just might have your best spring birdwatching season ever.