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Donkees

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Wed Jun 5, 2024, 05:09 AM Jun 2024

Mourning Warbler, Bryant Park NYC



Valerie Block
10:18 PM · Jun 4, 2024

Often elusive and hard to see well, the Mourning Warbler sings a repetitious chant from thickets and raspberry tangles in the north woods. This bird lives near the ground at all seasons, foraging in low brush and in the forest understory even during migration; it tends to be solitary, not readily joining flocks of other warblers. It got its name because the extensive black throat patch of the male suggested to pioneer naturalists that the bird was dressed in mourning.

In spring, apparently moves north overland through Mexico and Texas, rather than crossing the Gulf of Mexico like many other migrants; evidently retraces same route in fall. Migrates relatively late in spring and early in fall.

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mourning-warbler


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