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Wildlife
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Yellow Warbler
(Dendroica petechia) B/M |
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RANGE: Breeds from northwestern and north-central
Alaska and northern Yukon to northern Ontario, central Quebec,
and southern Labrador south to Mexico, central and northeastern
Texas, northern Arkansas, central Georgia, and central South
Carolina. Winters from southern California, southwestern
Arizona, Mexico, and southern Florida south to South America.
Also resident in southern Florida.
STATUS: Common; significant population declines in Idaho and the
Dakotas, and numbers are declining in many other areas.
HABITAT: Prefers moist habitats such as willow- and alder-lined
streams and ponds, brushy bogs, and the edges of marshes,
swamps, or creeks. Also occurs in dry sites such as hedgerows,
roadside thickets, orchards, farmlands, forest edges, and
suburban yards and gardens. Generally occurs wherever patches of
trees or shrubs grow, but avoids heavy forests. In the Florida
Keys, only inhabits coastal mangroves.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Small scattered trees or dense
shrubbery. Strongest nesting habitat association in aspen
groves.
NEST: Usually builds nest in an upright fork or crotch of a tree
or bush, typically 3 to 8 feet, occasionally up to 40 feet,
above the ground. May nest colonially in ideal habitats.
Frequently victimized by cowbirds; builds up the nest lining to
cover the cowbird eggs.
FOOD: Forages for insects and spiders on the limbs of shrubs and
trees by gleaning and hawking.
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, Bent 1953a, Bigglestone 1913,
DeGraff et al. 1980, Griscom and Sprunt 1979, Johnsgard 1979,
Miller 1999, Schrantz 1943, Shunk 2004, Tate and Tate 1982,
Vickery in Farrand 1983c. |
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