In the middle of June while shooting photos from a kayak on Parker’s Pond in Cato, wildlife photographer Greg Craybas came across some yellow warblers. “Warblers are the butterflies of birds,” he says ...

The male yellow warbler sports a fitting lemon-yellow body with reddish streaking on the chest. His pleasant thin song follows a musical pattern that sounds like “sweet-sweet-sweet-I’m-so-sweet.” They ...

The yellow-rumped warbler is aptly named, but the rump is only one of five spots of yellow on this little bird. The others are at the top of the head, the throat and on either side of the breast.

Yellow-rumped warblers are fairly large, full-bodied warblers with a large head, sturdy bill, and long, narrow tail. In summer, both sexes are a smart gray with flashes of white in the wings and ...

Tiny, colorful birds flit through our trees during spring migration, snapping up caterpillars and other small insects to feed their frenetic lifestyle. As brilliant as parrots, in many cases, this ...

These are probably the best known and most frequently encountered wood warblers. Although variable, all yellow-rumped warblers possess a bright yellow rump, which is shared with only 2 other species.

Brown-headed cowbirds are obligate brood parasites. That means they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving all the hard work of incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks to somebody else ...

Common backyard birds, such as cardinals and goldfinches, love to dine on seeds. But what do warblers eat? These cherished arrivals in the spring tend to avoid bird feeders, so bird lovers need other ...

California is one of the largest states in the United States and one of the largest sub-national economies in the world. Indeed, it’s like a country all its own, full of thriving industries, ...