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==Description: == | ==Description: == | ||
| − | + | 5" (13 cm). Gray, unstreaked upperparts, bright yellow throat, white belly, black-and-white facial pattern, heavy black streaks on sides. Sexes alike. | |
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==Range: == | ==Range: == | ||
Breeds from Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey south to Missouri, Texas, Gulf Coast, and northern Florida. Winters from Gulf Coast states southward. | Breeds from Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey south to Missouri, Texas, Gulf Coast, and northern Florida. Winters from Gulf Coast states southward. | ||
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==Habitat: == | ==Habitat: == | ||
| − | + | Forests of pine, cypress, sycamore, and oak, in both swampy places and dry uplands. | |
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==Nesting: == | ==Nesting: == | ||
| − | + | 4 purple-spotted greenish eggs in a nest of grass and bark strips lined with hair and feathers, often set in clumps of Spanish moss or among pine needles. | |
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==Voice: == | ==Voice: == | ||
A series of clear ringing notes descending in pitch and increasing in speed, rising abruptly at the end, teeew-teeew-teeew-teeew-tew-tew-twi. | A series of clear ringing notes descending in pitch and increasing in speed, rising abruptly at the end, teeew-teeew-teeew-teeew-tew-tew-twi. | ||
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==Discussion: == | ==Discussion: == | ||
This attractive warbler is usually found in live oaks draped with Spanish moss or in longleaf pines. It often creeps over the branches of the trunk like a Black-and-white Warbler. Occasionally it may stray, and even breed, as far north of its usual range as New York and southern New England | This attractive warbler is usually found in live oaks draped with Spanish moss or in longleaf pines. It often creeps over the branches of the trunk like a Black-and-white Warbler. Occasionally it may stray, and even breed, as far north of its usual range as New York and southern New England | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 10:29, 19 May 2007
- Dendroica dominica
Description:
5" (13 cm). Gray, unstreaked upperparts, bright yellow throat, white belly, black-and-white facial pattern, heavy black streaks on sides. Sexes alike.
Range:
Breeds from Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey south to Missouri, Texas, Gulf Coast, and northern Florida. Winters from Gulf Coast states southward.
Habitat:
Forests of pine, cypress, sycamore, and oak, in both swampy places and dry uplands.
Nesting:
4 purple-spotted greenish eggs in a nest of grass and bark strips lined with hair and feathers, often set in clumps of Spanish moss or among pine needles.
Voice:
A series of clear ringing notes descending in pitch and increasing in speed, rising abruptly at the end, teeew-teeew-teeew-teeew-tew-tew-twi.
Discussion:
This attractive warbler is usually found in live oaks draped with Spanish moss or in longleaf pines. It often creeps over the branches of the trunk like a Black-and-white Warbler. Occasionally it may stray, and even breed, as far north of its usual range as New York and southern New England
