[Length 5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

Arctic Warblers are Old World Warblers which only breed in North America in western Alaska. This one was photographed proclaiming his territory along the Glen Allen Highway about 100 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 400. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at the TOS Sabine Woods Sanctuary, Sabine Pass, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 4, 2008)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This female Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 2, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This female Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 2, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 4, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: April 25, 2013)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: April 25, 2013)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This female Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 3, 2013)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

Bay-breasted Warblers breed throughout southeastern and central Canada and along the very northern edge of the US from Maine to Minnesota. They get their name from the rich chestnut or "bay" coloring of the males on the top of the head, and across the throat, upper breast, and sides. This is set off by a black face mask, a buffy "ear patch", and a black back with white wing bars. Females lack the rich head pattern of the males and have only a faint wash of the bay color across the upper breast and sides. This Bay-breasted Warbler was photographed at Brigantine NWR in New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1996)