Northern Yellow Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2026 — I first heard this bird called the Northern Yellow Warbler on the boardwalk at Magee this year. I have always known it as the Yellow Warbler, but apparently sometime last year, two of the three major ornithological societies split the Yellow Warbler into two species: the Northern Yellow and the Mangrove Yellow Warbler. The Northern is the migratory species we are all familiar with. The Mangrove, as its name suggests, is a resident bird of mangrove swamps around the Caribbean basin, and is, reportedly slightly larger and rounder. We live and learn. The Yellow Warbler by whatever name is always one of the first warblers, generally the first warbler, you see at Magee as they are numerous and very vocal in May. If they were not so common, most birders would pay more attention to them—and it is fun to see the bird tourists on the boardwalk enthusing over them—giving them the attention they really deserve. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at about 600mm equivalent field of view. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.