The Blue-winged Warbler is a yellow-bodied warbler with bluish-gray wings and a narrow black eye line, found in shrubby overgrown fields. It hybridizes with the closely related Golden-winged Warbler, producing the 'Brewster's Warbler' hybrid. Its song is a thin, buzzy 'bee-bzzz' that is easy to overlook.
Best time to see a Blue-winged Warbler
The best time to see a Blue-winged Warbler is April–May, when about 73% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 4,913 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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