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Wildlife
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Wilson's Warbler
(Wilsonia pusilla) B/M |
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RANGE: Breeds from northern Alaska, northern
Yukon, northern Ontario southeastern Labrador, and Newfoundland
south to southern California, central Nevada, northern Utah,
northern New Mexico, central Ontario, northern New England, and
Nova Scotia. Winters from southern California and southern Texas
to Panama.
STATUS: Common.
HABITAT: Prefers wet clearings in early stages of regeneration.
Also inhabits peat or laurel bogs with scattered young or dwarf
spruces and tamaracks, and riparian willow and alder thickets.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Shrubby vegetation.
NEST: Generally nests on the ground, sometimes in loose
colonies. Usually builds nest at the base of a small tree or
shrub, often well concealed in a grass hummock. Occasionally,
places nest above the ground in low, dense tangles of
vegetation.
FOOD: Mostly eats insects (about 93 percent of diet) gleaned
from the ground and twigs or caught by flycatching. Also eats
some spiders and fruit pulp. .
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, Beal 1907, Bent 1953b, Griscom
and Sprunt 1979, Miller 1999, Petersen in Farrand 1983c, Shunk
2004, Stewart 1973. |
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