 Photo: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Recording of song by Lang Elliott You can also buy the CD in our store. |
NASHVILLE WARBLER (Vermivora ruficapilla)
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| 4 inches. Separated populations in eastern and western North America. The species occurs throughout the Northern Boreal Forest and its transition with the Eastern Deciduous Forest in the east, ranging as far west as Saskatchewan and as far south as Pennsylvania in the south. The western population stretches from southern British Columbia in the north to southern California in the south. Overwinters in American tropics. Primary food is Insects. Fond of second growth forest with lots of brush, shrubs, and brambles. The song is loud and divided into two segments; an initial teebit-teebit-teebit followed by chipper-chipper-chipper. The nest is a cup constructed of grass, leaves, and roots lined with grass and pine needles, near the ground. |