BIODIVERSITY
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Video Credit: Henry Zylstra Trail Cam
Audio Credit: Thomas Everest
If you see a bright yellow bird with a black cap high in the trees, it’s a Wilson’s warbler! These birds are most frequently seen in the southwest portion of the campus trail just west of the Garden, and on the northeast portion below the Dining Commons.
MARGARET TAYLOR
Wilson's Warbler (Englyn Cyrch)
Little lemon drop, sunshine
dancing between the leaves, mine
the honor to witness this
moment of bliss, single sign
of spring, on the wing from tree
to tree. Cap of ebony,
bold darkness against the bright
at the grove’s highest height, free
to sing “chee-chee-chee, don’t you
see-see-see that the debut
of spring is happening now?”
Warmth spreads from your bough into
air, sweet song permeates
frost, snow, winter abates
as others join in your song,
nature’s choir, voices rising strong.