Warblers ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: PARULIDAE

GENUS: Dendroica , Parula & Protonotaria

SPECIES: (forty seven)

1. Yellow rumped Dendroica coronata Two calls are distinct

Inhabits open coniferous and edges, & to a less extent deciduous forests.

only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles.

• Audubon sound

BC to Colorado in the Rocky Mountains

• Myrtle warbler Sound

Canadian boreal forest / tundra from Alaska to Labrador

2. Palm Dendroica palmarum sound

Open boreal coniferous forest, and thickets. Southeast Canada to Florida (migrant), It breeds in bogs and winters primarily in the southern United States and Caribbean.

3. Kirtland’s warbler D________ kitlandii Sound

Michigan jack pine forests, fire dependent – rigid nesting requires areas with small jack pines for nesting. The jack pine requires fire to open its cones and spread its seeds.

4. Parula, northern Parula americana Sound

A small warbler of the upper canopy, the NParula can be found in two rather distinct populations. Insectivore

1. The southern population nests primarily in hanging Spanish moss in forests, while the

2. northern population uses the similar-looking old man's beard lichen on forest trees.

5. Prairie Dendroica discolor sound

Found in scrubby fields and forests throughout the eastern and south-central United States, but not on the prairies! Fl year round; winters in Greater Antilles

6. Pronthonotory Protonotaria citrea sound

Riverside swamps A brilliant yellow-orange bird of southeastern wooded swamps, the PrW is striking. Fla migrant–winters in the Caribbean shores of SA

7. Cerulean Dendroica cerulea sound

Deciduous forest treetops, the sky-blue Cerulean Warbler is hard to see. It nests and forages higher in the canopy than other warblers. Insectivore, S. Fl migrant to wintering grounds in South America