Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)

                                                                                               Photo by BarrytheBirder

Being a true-blue Canadian, how could the Canada Warbler not be one of my favourite birds?   I am especially taken with its black-spotted necklace and yellow spectacles.   To me it is always very recognizable.   The Audubon Society Field Guide says this bird was discovered in Canada.    It is found not just in Canada however, but also in the northern United States east of the Rockies and in the eastern mountains to northern Georgia.   It winters in northwestern South American.

Its preferred habitat is cool, moist woodlands that are almost mature and that have much undergrowth.   According to my Audubon Field Guide it ordinarily ranges at low levels, usually from the ground to six feet up.  Audubon also says like several other warblers it is adept at fly-catching and flying insects form a great portion of its diet, although it also captures spiders and insect larvae.

Living so close to the ground, its nest, usually of grass and dried leaves, is most often found near the ground in a fern clump or at the base of a stump.

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BarrytheBirder