More, © 2019 Thewebsiteofeverything.comPictures and facts of theCape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina), Picture of Dendroica tigrina above has been licensed under a Creative Commons. » More A group of warblers has many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "confusion", "fall", and "wrench" of warblers. * Cape May Warbler Consists of soft, loose-webbed feathers on the side of the bird's head below and behind the eyes. North Dakota: Argusville, May 11. conspicuous chestnut cheek patch, yellow neck patch, white wing patch, the distinct chestnut cheeks found on the male and she is paler. : "http://www. Cape May Warbler: Breeds from southwestern Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec south to North Dakota, Michigan, northern New York, Maine, and Nova Scotia. New Brunswick: Scotch Lake, September 28. Manitoba: Aweme, June 1.Late dates of fall departure are: Alberta: Camrose, August 26. First collected in Cape May, New Jersey in 1811 and not seen again in that area for over 100 years. Rev.
In view of his record as an insect destroyer, the laborer may be worthy of his hire.To the insects mentioned as food for this warbler, A. H. Howell (1932) adds small crickets, flies, lea.f hoppers, termites, larvae of moths, dragonflies, and daddy-long-legs.Behavior: Brewster (1938) writes:It keeps invariably near the tops of the highest trees whence it occasionally darts out after passing insects. Stone (1937) writes: "Curiously enough it seems never to have been recorded again at Cape May until September 4, 1920, when I recognized one in a shade tree on Perry Street in company with some Chestnut-sided Warblers. The body of the nest consisted of fine grass stems. The Cape May Warbler's Latin name, tigrina, reflects the tiger striped appearance of the adult male. "... More, The Cape May Warbler is currently evaluated as Least Concern. Audubon never saw it in life, the specimens figured by him having been obtained by Edward Harris near Philadelphia. The measurements of 50 eggs average 16.8 by 12.5 millimeters; the eggs showing the four extremes measure 18.4 by 12.3, 18.0 by 14.0, 15.0 by 12.0, and 16.0 by 11.5 millimeters (Harris).Plumages: Dr. Dwight (1900) describes the juvenal plumage, in which the sexes are alike, as "above, dark hair-brown, olive tinged on the back. "statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js'>"+"script>");
He attacks all birds that come close to the nest, up to the size of the olive-backed thrush, and' is absolutely fearless. "Brewster (1938) says that "the song of this Warbler is harder: or at least sharper and more penetrating: than that of either the Bay breast or Blackburnian. CAPE MAY WARBLER DENDROICA TIGRINA (Gmelin) HABITS This is the bird that made Cape May famous. Virginia: Naruna, May 29. To these it was not securely tied nnd was lifted Intact from its position without difficulty.The exterior of the nest was of green Sphagnum moss, interwoven with vine stems, and a very few twigs, bound lightly with plant down, smaU wads of which appeared here and there over the moss. specimen was collected at Cape May, New Jersey, where it is sometimes Several species can reside in the same area, yet avoid competition by occupying slightly different habitats or feeding in different ways. warblers, the Cape May male in Alternate plumage has a yellow breast Only two other warblers known to go to: Species Table distinctively colored Wood-Warblers, and an elusive one in our home They are creamy white, richly spotted and blotched with shades of reddish brown, such as "auburn," "chestnut," "scyal brown," "bay," or "snuff brown," with an occasional scrawl of black. Dr. Dwight describes the first winter male as "above, dull olive-green, each feather centrally clove-brown veiled with olive-gray edgings; the rump canary-yellow, the feathers basally black. Michael E. Baltz and Steven C. Latta Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020 Text last updated January 1, 1998 "He had chip notes very much like a familiar note of the chipping sparrow. Ohio: Austinburg: June 2. "https://secure." green and yellow striped with blackDendroica tigrinaNew World warbler, They appeared to prefer the inhabited portion of the Key, for I rarely found them in wooded districts. volume, seet-seet-seet-seet. "DISTRIBUTIONRange: Eastern North America and the West Indies.Breeding range: The Cape May warbler breeds north to northeastern Alberta (Chipewyan); possibly southwestern Mackenzie (Simpson); northern Saskatchewan (north shore of Lake Athabaska near Fair Point) ; central Ontario (Moose Factory) ; and southern Quebec (Lake Abitibi, Lake Edward, and Anticosti Island). On May 16 I noted at least 40 individuals in Lakeside Woods, and it was evident that hundreds were present in the area on that day." Here they spent much of their time hanging head downward at the extremity of the branches, often continuing In this position for nearly a minute at a time.