Fifty Birds of Town and City
Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Myrtle warblers are tiny mites that liven up the trees and shrubs in the spring
migration. Traveling in small flocks, they seem to be constantly in motion.
flitting from branch to branch searching for small insects and their eggs. Like
flycatchers, myrtle warlers snap up larger bugs on the wing. To a quiet observer, they seem
trusting birds often singing at close range.
Some winter as far north as the New England coast, wherever bayberry thickets
offer fruit and shelter, and others move on to the southern states. From these
wintering grounds the myrtle warlers migrate to nesting grounds in the evergreen forest of the northern
states and Canada. In their fall flight south, they seem subdued, the bright yellow
on the crown and flanks having disappeared, and the lemon colored rump the only remaining
brilliant.
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