Fall warblers are starting to arrive here and there. These pictures were taken at the Chicago Portage. The winds were from the north the past few nights, making easier flights for the migrating birds and blissful sleeping weather for me. But we are going to have another warm spell which started today. I’m still coasting by with open windows and the standing oscillating fans, but we’ll likely go back to the air conditioning tomorrow.

This is a little roundup of a few warblers I’ve been able to photograph over the last week and a half. The first warbler I saw was on August 13, a first-year male American Redstart.

Then this past Tuesday just as I was leaving the Portage, having seen very little and being quite sure I wasn’t going to see anything more… I saw a little movement in the trees by the south entrance and found a couple Bay-breasted Warblers.

I also saw a Blackpoll Warbler.

Two days later, my camera found a Cape May Warbler.

And I spent some time with a Magnolia Warbler that didn’t seem to mind my attention. The same individual is at the top of the post.

I have seen Tennessee Warblers here and there, first one on the 18th…

and then one on the 22nd.

I’ll be back with more birds I’ve been seeing lately, but I just wanted to share the few warblers I’ve encountered in the past week and a half. Now that the winds have shifted and are coming from the south, things might slow down a bit, but absent strong winds or storms, more warblers, the jewels of migration, will likely start to trickle in.