Scientific Name: Cistothorus palustris

Residency: Spends winters in most of Arizona; resides year-round in the western region of the state.

Diet: Eats aquatic insects, spiders, and sometimes bird eggs. Forages on the ground and in dense foliage. 

Predators: Snakes prey upon them occasionally.

Nesting: Spherical nest of soaked reeds, grass and cattails. Nest is lashed to marsh grasses 1-3 feet above ground. Eggs: 3-8 per clutch, cinnamon brown with dark spots, 1-2 broods per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: When courting the male will build 5 or 6 ?courting nests.?  The female may then choose one of them or build a new nest.  

Photo: Taken at Coon Bluff on April 3, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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