Blackburnian Warbler Published August 15, 2013 at 1000 × 872 in Blackburnian Warbler at Governor Bridge Natural Area I’m nearly 70 years old, but I was as excited as a child to see this beautiful migrant. Cornell:”A bird of the coniferous forests of the Northeast, the Blackburnian Warbler is breathtaking in its brilliant orange-and-black breeding plumage.”