Thanks to our Cole’s Facebook fan Jeremy Bock for nominating the Yellow-rumped Warbler as our Bird of the Month for February. The Yellow-rumped Warbler has an upbeat song, and you can hear it by clicking on the video below.
Since they are also greatly attracted to suet, a generous offering of Cole’s Suet Kibbles and Hot Meats suet cakes are guaranteed to get these beautiful little birds’ attention. If you want to attract Yellow-rumped Warblers to your feeder, try Cole’s Nutberry Suet Blend, Special Feeder, or Dried Mealworms. The couple will have one to two broods during a season then move on to the southeastern United States and South America for the winter. In fact, they are the only type of warbler that can digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles.ĭuring the mating season, the female builds the nest and the male helps out by bringing her material.
During the cold winters when there aren’t as many insects around, they eat berries. They will pull them out of spider webs, scoop them off the surface of rivers and oceans, pick insects out of seaweed on the beach and even catch them in mid-flight. Insects have no place to hide with these birds. The Yellow-rumped Warbler feasts on a steady diet of bugs and spiders in the spring and summer. “Butter butts,” as they are known to some, are very active throughout North America during the summer.
The yellow for which they are named is on the face, sides, and of course the rump. But watch out for the spring makeover when Yellow-rumped Warblers display a striking bright yellow against charcoal gray and black with some bold white thrown in for effect. In the winter, you’ll recognize them as fairly large warblers with a subdued color palette of yellow and brown. The Yellow-rumped Warbler is among the most bright and colorful of all the birds you will see at your feeder. Yellow-rumped Warbler: Cole’s February Bird of the Month
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