Friday, September 8, 2017

Nashville Warbler

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Continuing to share my warbler photos along with information about each species, from my latest book: "Warblers of Arizona, A Guide to Finding and Photographing Warblers in Southern Arizona." 



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Nashville Warbler



Common Name: Nashville Warbler
Scientific Name: Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Conservation Status: Least Concern, stable or slightly increasing population estimated at 32 million
Size: 4.7 inches

Description: blue-gray head; olive green back; white eyering; chestnut crown patch (not always visible); yellow chin, throat, and breast; whitish belly; no wing bars; fine sharp black bill; dark thin tail
Male/Female: female lacks the chestnut crown patch
Range: Southern Canada (except Alberta and Saskatchewan) to Guatemala excluding Montana and Wyoming
Migration: winters in Mexico, summers in Canada, migrates through most of the United States
Season for Arizona: April/May and August/September/October
Habitat: second growth deciduous or mixed forest with dense undergrowth;
Community Behavior: solitary or mixed warbler flocks
Feeding Behavior: gleans insects primarily from tips of lower branches, shrubs, and sometimes ground
Diet: Insects, larvae and adult, also spiders
Nesting Behavior: neat open cup of moss, bark, leaves, and grasses; sometimes porcupine quills; located on ground in dense brush; 3-6 white eggs with brown spots
Where to Find in Southern Arizona: because of its preferred habitat, it is not found in desert areas, rather mountain areas such as Mount Lemmon, Huachuca Canyon, Madera Canyon or riparian areas like Sabino Creek
Comments: first observed by Alexander Wilson in 1811 in Nashville, Tennessee 

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