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Bay-breasted Warbler -
(Dendroica castanea)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Dark streaked back, creamy below
  • Large white wingbars
  • Male has chestnut crown, throat, and sides black eye patch, creamy patches on sides of neck
  • Female, bright colors and bold patterns are lacking
  • Fall plumage-- difficult to identify in fall!  Both sexes may be greenish above, light below, varying amounts of pale chestnut on sides

Habitat

  • Nests in boreal spruce-fir forests, mostly north of Wisconsin
  • During migration uses a wide range of forested habitats

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant
  • Local populations vary considerably as this species is a specialist that tracks spruce budworm outbreaks
  • Song is a series of very high, squeaky notes
  • Fall plumage of female and young similar to that of fall Blackpoll and Pine Warblers

Bay-breasted Warbler in the grass, looking stealth

Bay-breasted Warbler viewed from below 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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