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Wildlife
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Nashville Warbler
(Vermivora ruficapilla) B/M |
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RANGE: Breeds from southern interior British
Columbia and northwestern Montana south to northwestern and
south-central California and extreme west-central Nevada; and
from central Saskatchewan to southern Quebec, Nova Scotia, and
New Brunswick, south to southern Manitoba, southern Wisconsin,
southern Michigan, northern New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
Winters from southern Texas south to Mexico and Central America,
rarely in California and southern Florida.
STATUS: Common.
HABITAT: Prefers brushy sphagnum bogs and open second-growth
woodlands. Also occurs in regenerating areas that have been
burned or cut, overgrown pastures and fields, woodland edges,
and in swales, slashings, and undergrowth of mixed forests,
especially those with aspen or birch. Also found in woodlands,
but generally on poor sites.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Scattered trees interspersed with
brush. Strongest nesting habitat associations in (1)
Siskiyou Mountains mixed deciduous forest, (2) Siskiyou
Mountains shrubland on serpentine bedrock, (4) South Coast mixed
forest, and (4) Manzanita-dominant shrubland.
NEST: Conceals nest on the ground in a small depression,
sometimes in a sphagnum hummock, often with an overhead cover of
ferns or other overhanging vegetation.
FOOD: Forages from the ground to the treetops, gleaning food
(chiefly insects) from the trunk, leaves, and branches, and
hawking flying insects.
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, DeGraff et al. 1980, Griscom and
Sprunt 1979, Johnsgard 1979, Lawrence 1948, Miller 1999,
Petersen in Farrand 1983c, Shunk 2004. |
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