Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor)
Description: These warblers are small, and are olive green on the top but
have bright yellow bellies, and black streaks on their sides. Males have brown
eye stripes, and a yellow semi-circle under the eye, while females have more
pale markings.
Habitat: Prairie warblers prefer shrub environments, forests, and open fields. They mostly live in eastern and southern parts of North America during the summer and migrate to the Caribbean during the winter.
Diet: Prairie warblers eat insects and small invertebrates, as well as spiders.
Behaviors:
Miscellaneous:
Habitat: Prairie warblers prefer shrub environments, forests, and open fields. They mostly live in eastern and southern parts of North America during the summer and migrate to the Caribbean during the winter.
Diet: Prairie warblers eat insects and small invertebrates, as well as spiders.
Behaviors:
- Prairie warblers wag their tails, and hang out on branches, gleaning their food from the trees.
- They are sometimes seen grabbing insects out of the air.
Miscellaneous:
- Male warblers have two distinct songs: one for mating and one for territorialism. In addition, female warblers eat the eggshells after their babies have hatched.