The Orange-crowned warbler ranges in color from drab olive to pale yellow and is argubly one of the plainest of warblers. The orange feathers, from which it gets its name, are rarely seen. Is that why this one put on a show for the camera? Dancing in the water, compensating for its perceived lack of beauty in an attempt to make the most of what it has in order to stand out and be seen? Go on and strut your stuff little bird!

How and why did someone select this beautiful name for this little warbler? Perhaps, bestowing a name, fit for royalty was a way to compensate for being, what many consider, an otherwise plain looking bird.

The name orange-crowned warbler, conjures images in my mind of a bird with a fiery, orange ring of feathers around its head. If told to look for a bird with this name, I would never look for a bird like the one shown above. Would you?