Palm Warbler
Dendroica palmarum
28.5364, -81.0176
Field Notes
Description:
5 1/2" (14 cm). An olive-drab, streaked, ground-feeding warbler with bright olive rump, bright yellow undertail coverts, and distinctive habit of wagging its tail. Underparts vary from yellow to whitish buff, depending on age and geography; adults in spring have rufous cap.
Habitat:
In summer, bogs in the North; during migration, open places, especially weedy fields and borders of marshes.
Range
Breeds from west-central Canada east to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south to extreme northern portions of United States. Winters from southeastern United States southward.
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