Scientific Name: Dendroica nigrescens

Residency: Winters in Southern Arizona, and Summers in the East and the North.

Diet: Insects that it finds in trees and bushes.

Predators: Sharp-shinned Hawk and Cooper’s hawk take adults. Crows and jays are predators at nests.

Nesting: Made of grasses and plant material, lined with feathers, hair. Eggs: 3-5 per clutch, cream colored with brown mark.

Nesting Records:

Notes:  This bird is relativly tame and is easy to observe up close.

Photo: to be added soon.

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