Yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata) are some of the most beautiful migrating warblers we see in New York. They are also called myrtles and, affectionately, “butter butts.” They flitter around in the trees, looking for insects.
Yellow-rumped warbler, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, April 19, 2024. More photos of yellow-rumped warblers seen at Green-Wood in the spring of 2024 are in the slideshow below.
Yellow-rumped warbler, Green-Wood Cemetery, April 17, 2022
Yellow-rumped warbler, Greenwood Cemetery, April 14, 2024
Yellow-rumped warbler bathing at Triplets Bridge, Central Park, April 22, 2023
Yellow-rumped warbler, Greenwood Cemetery, April 14, 2024
A yellow-rumped warbler showing off the “butter butt,” Central Park, April 19, 2022
Yellow-rumped warbler, the beach at Fort Tilden, Queens, October 8, 2021
There have been so many yellow-rumps migrating through the New York area in the fall of 2021. These warblers were seen at Fort Tilden beach and Green-Wood Cemetery.
Yellow-rumped warbler, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, April 19, 2021