Don't confuse the blackpoll warbler with Maine's state bird

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we are telling you about a different bird each week with the help of Maine Audubon. In this Bird of the Week segment, Conservation Director Sally Stockwell discusses a bird that might trick you into thinking it’s the state bird. The blackpoll warbler is not to be confused with the black-capped chickadee or the black-and-white warbler. Compared to the chickadee, the blackpoll warbler has a longer beak, is less plump and is streaked with black and white on its back. The bird is famed for its migration, traveling the longest distance of any warbler. Stockwell says in the fall, blackpoll warblers fatten themselves on Maine insects in preparation for over three days of nonstop flying from Maine's coast to South America.