The Northern Parula is a tiny warbler with a blue-gray back, yellow-green patch on the back, and a yellow throat banded by rufous and black in males. Its ascending, buzzy trill ends with an abrupt zip — one of the more distinctive warbler songs. In the Southeast it traditionally nests in hanging Spanish moss; in the North it uses old-man's-beard lichen.
Best time to see a Northern Parula
The best time to see a Northern Parula is March–June, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 23,893 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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