Mourning Warbler Traditional Cache
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This series is dedicated to Vermont's nesting wood warblers, a
family of small North American songbirds, many of whom sport bright
colors and sing songs that can be learned with patience and
practice. They return from their wintering grounds just as the
leaves—and insects—begin to come out.
Mourning Warblers are skulkers. They nest in early successional,
thickly vegetated areas where they are devilishly difficult to see.
I had thought them rare until I learned their song. To me, they
seem to say, "Tease, tease, tease. Cheerio!" with the last part
brighter, faster, and more emphatic.
They are uncommon, but not rare. If you learn their song, you will
be aware of their presence and, with a little luck or a lot of
patience, get to see this gray-headed, olive-backed,
yellow-bellied, secretive denizen of blackberry thickets.
Abundance and habitat data are from Birdwatching in Vermont
by Ted Murin and Bryan Pfeiffer.
Co-FTF honors go to RSAKVT and kachingkt.
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