This is Bird Note.

May is the prime month across much of North America to celebrate the return of migratory birds from the tropics.

Orioles, tanagers, buntings, cuckus, and many more wing northward.

But of all those coming back, it's the warblers

that many eagerly await, like the oven bird, whose song we're hearing now.

The warblers stand out as our most fabulous array of avian jewels. Like true gems, most are

miniatures, around five inches long. And of the more than 50

species that brighten our spring, many gleam like precious stones. These birds dazzle us,

from the glinting ornaments of the golden-winged warbler to the sky-blue of the cerulean warbler.

Nesting from southern wetlands to Arctic willows,

species of warblers fill many niches,

from fly-catching from the tallest trees to dwelling on the ground.

And some of the warbler's names are unforgettable.

The painted red start.

The prothonitory warbler, perhaps the brightest gem of all.

And the worm-eating warbler.

For bird note, I'm Michael Stein.

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