warbler

noun

war·bler | \ ˈwȯr-blər

Definition of warbler

1 : one that warbles : singer, songster

2a : any of numerous small chiefly Old World oscine birds (family Sylviidae) many of which are noted songsters and are closely related to the thrushes

b : any of numerous small brightly colored American oscine birds (family Parulidae) with a usually weak and unmusical song

— called also wood warbler

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Recent Examples on the Web Pond in Brookline, an acadian flycatcher at the Sharon Memorial Cemetery in Sharon, and a mourning warbler in Dedham. — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022 Grace’s warbler, Harris’s hawk and dozens of other birds. — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 An Acadian flycatcher in Granville and a hooded warbler at the Grace Robson Sanctuary in Westfield. — BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 Thick with sycamores, oaks, and sweet pecans, bottomland forests like these can then support migratory birds, from the endangered Bachman’s warbler to the recovering bald eagle. — W. Hodding Carter, Outside Online, 29 June 2011 One of his favorite birds, the Blackburnian warbler, can be spotted in the park. — The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020 Despite pressure from housing developments and groundwater depletion, habitat for six imperiled species — a warbler, a bat, two salamanders and two plants — still exists. — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022 North of Boston, recent sightings at Rough Meadows Sanctuary in Topsfield have included a pectoral sandpiper, two American woodcocks, a lesser yellowlegs, and a Magnolia warbler. — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021 Worcester County: There was an Acadian flycatcher in North Brookfield and a Lawrence’s warbler at the Westborough Wildlife Management Area in Westborough. — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021 See More

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