Species: Wilson’s Warbler
Most recent capture date: 6/13/2023
Age: less than two months old
Notes: Wilson’s Warblers are some of the goofiest-looking juveniles we catch. Their juvenile plumage is brown, and they seem to find it profoundly unsuitable, because they wear it for just one week. They start molting into their formative plumage – which most birds save until the fall – before they even leave the nest. Thus, this blotchy bird bearing a mix of juvenile brown and formative yellow, and generally looking embarrassed.