Yellow Hood and Blue Cape T-Shirt

The Prothonotary Warbler, also known as the Golden Swamp Warbler in some regions, is listed as an endangered species in Canada. These beautiful birds spend their winters in Central America and Northern South America and migrate north to their breeding sites in much of the Eastern United States and extreme South-western Ontario where they nest in natural or artificial cavities. It is the only eastern North American warbler that builds its nest in cavities usually using old hollows, found in a mature hardwood swamp habitat, excavated by Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers. The Prothonotary Warbler was named after prothonotaries, legal clerks in the Roman Catholic Church, who sometimes wear a golden hood and blue cape. Photographed at Point Pelee National Park near Leamington, Ontario.

I'm a retired teacher living in Southern Ontario, Canada. I worked 35 years full time and 10 years part time as a classroom teacher and guidance counselor with the Peel District School Board. I also worked part time in the Faculties of Education of York University and the University of Toronto in their Additional Qualifications Programs. I purchased my first SLR camera back in the 60's and instantly fell in love with photography. My love of the outdoors led to my keen interest in hiking and nature/wildlife photography. My hiking and photography excursions have taken me on trips to East Africa, the Canadian and American Rockies, Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), Ecuador and the Galapagos Archipelago, Costa Rica and Florida and will...