
HELLO! I'm a Tennessee Birder who enjoys "surfing the net" looking for information relating to my favorite pastime. (When I'm not birding, of course!) So I've included some links to the places I've found. I'm sure I've only hit the tip of the iceberg, but it's a start. Before you start surfing though, try my little quiz below.
My favorite family is the Parulidae, more commonly known as Wood Warblers, or just Warblers. These colorful songbirds fill the woods with the sound of their beautiful voices. Below is a list of some of the Warblers which breed in or migrate through Tennesse on a regular basis. Just match the Species name with the correct song phrase. See how many you can get right. The answers are given below.
| SPECIES NAME | SONG PHRASE |
| 1.Black-and-white Warbler | A. bee-bzzz |
| 2.Blackburian Warbler | B. bee-bz-bz-bz-bz |
| 3.Blackpoll Warbler | C. chirry,
chirry, chirry, chorry, chorry, chorry |
| 4.Black-throated Blue Warbler | D. churry,
churry, churry |
| 5.Black-throated Green Warbler | E. please
please please to meet'cha |
| 6.Blue-winged Warbler | F. see-see-see
tititititititit |
| 7.Cerulean Warbler | G. sugar-tweet,
sugar-tweet, sugar-tweet |
| 8.Chestnut-sided Warbler | H. sweet
sweet sweet sweet sweet |
| 9.Common Yellowthroat | I. sweet-sweet-sweet
where-where-where which-you |
| 10.Connecticut Warbler | J. sweet,
sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet |
| 11.Golden-winged Warbler | K. teach
teach teach |
| 12.Hooded Warbler | L. ter-ree,ter-ree,
ter-whit-a-whit |
| 13.Louisiana Waterthrush | M. ticka
ticka ticka ticka, swit swit, chew-chew-chew |
| 14.Kentucky Warbler | N. wee-see
wee-see wee-see wee-see |
| 15.Magnolia Warbler | O. weeta
weetee-o |
| 16.Mourning Warbler | P. weeta
weeta weetsee |
| 17.Nashville Warbler | Q. whip,
whip, whip-poor-will |
| 18.Northern Waterthrush | R. witchity,
witchity, witchity, witch |
| 19.Ovenbird | S. zee
zee zee zoo zee |
| 20.Palm Warbler | T. zhe-zhe-zhe-zhe |
| 21.Prothonotary Warbler | U. zi-zi-zi-zi-zi-zi |
| 22.Swainson's Warbler | V. zip
zip zip titit tseeeeeee |
| 23.Tennessee Warbler | W. zray
zray zray zreeeee |
| 24.Yellow Warbler | X. zur,
zur, zur, zreee |
Black-and-white
Warbler
N.
wee-see wee-see
wee-see wee-see
Blackburian
Warbler
V.
zip zip
zip titit tseeeeeee
Blackpoll
Warbler
U.
zi-zi-zi-zi-zi-zi
Black-throated
Blue Warbler
X.
zur,
zur, zur, zreee
Black-throated
Green Warbler
S.
zee zee
zee zoo zee
Blue-winged
Warbler
A.
bee-bzzz
Cerulean
Warbler
W.
zray zray
zray zreeeee
Chestnut-sided
Warbler
E.
please please
please to meet'cha
Common
Yellowthroat
R.
witchity,
witchity, witchity, witch
Connecticut
Warbler
G.
sugar-tweet,
sugar-tweet, sugar-tweet
Golden-winged
Warbler
B.
bee-bz-bz-bz-bz
Hooded
Warbler
O.
weeta weetee-o
Louisiana
Waterthrush L.
ter-ree,ter-ree, ter-whit-a-whit
Kentucky
Warbler
D.
churry, churry,
churry
Magnolia
Warbler
P.
weeta weeta weetsee
Mourning
Warbler
C.
chirry, chirry,
chirry, chorry, chorry, chorry
Nashville
Warbler
F.
see-see-see
tititititititit
Northern
Waterthrush
I.
sweet-sweet-sweet
where-where-where which-you
Ovenbird
K.
teach
teach teach
Palm
Warbler
T.
zhe-zhe-zhe-zhe
Prothonotary
Warbler
H.
sweet sweet
sweet sweet sweet
Swainson's
Warbler
Q.
whip, whip,
whip-poor-will
Tennessee
Warbler
M.
ticka ticka ticka
ticka, swit swit, chew-chew-chew
Yellow
Warbler
J.sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet