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

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Conservation Status: Least Concern, stable or slightly increasing population estimated at 32 million

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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

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Male/Female: female lacks the chestnut crown patch

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Range: Southern Canada (except Alberta and Saskatchewan) to Guatemala excluding Montana and Wyoming

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Migration: winters in Mexico, summers in Canada, migrates through most of the United States

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Season for Arizona: April/May and August/September/October

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Habitat: second growth deciduous or mixed forest with dense undergrowth;

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Community Behavior: solitary or mixed warbler flocks

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Feeding Behavior: gleans insects primarily from tips of lower branches, shrubs, and sometimes ground

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Diet: Insects, larvae and adult, also spiders

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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

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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

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Comments: first observed by Alexander Wilson in 1811 in Nashville, Tennessee