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Crex Meadows ... Birds on the Meadows ... Bay-breasted Warbler
The Bay-breasted Warbler
Dendroica castanea
The Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) is an occasional Crex Meadows Warbler. This warbler migrates through Crex Meadows on its way to nesting grounds in the coniferous forests of the north.
The Bay-breasted Warbler is an insect eater during most of the year. It will eat some berries and take some nectar during the winter months in its southern Central American and northern South American wintering grounds.
These Bay-breasted warblers were migrating through Crex Meadows on May 21, 2008 and were not many in number, compared to other species in Crex Meadows this day.
The coloring on the Bay-breasted warbler gives its face and neck a very dark appearance when viewed in its breeding plumage.
The Bay-breasted warbler is known to hybridize with the Blackpoll, Yellow-rumped, and Blackburnian warblers.
After hatching, the young grow rapidly and fledge the nest at around eleven - twelve days old.
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animal, animals, animaux |
| Phylum | Chordata | chordates, cordado, cordés |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata | vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés |
| Class | Aves | Birds, oiseaux |
| Order | Passeriformes | perching birds |
| Family | Parulidae | Wood-Warblers |
| Genus | Dendroica | |
| Species | castanea |
The Bay-breasted warbler numbers vary in different years. This has been associated with the numbers of Spruce Budworms. Recent declines in Bay-Breasted warbler numbers may be partly due to increased pesticide spraying in Spruce forests and habitat loss in wintering grounds.
All pictures taken May 21, 2008