Northern Parulas are great little birds. I tend to see these warblers high in the trees. One of the ways to identify them is a yellow-olive patch on their backs, which is pretty useless when you are staring at their bellies from below. From that point of view, the yellow throat and yellow breast with black and chestnut bands, as well as the partial eye ring in white, are more useful diagnostically.
The original of this painting is no longer available, since we gave it to our son’s organ teacher, but contact me if you’re interested in buying a print.
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