TN11282 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER VERMIVORA CHRYSOPTERA
TN11282PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: LENGTH = 5.0-5.3 INCHES, MALE, FOREHEAD AND CROWN BRIGHT YELLOW, BORDERED BY A WHITE LINE OVER THE EYE, THROAT AND SIDES OF HEAD BLACK, WITH A BROAD WHITE STREAK ON EACH SIDE OF THE THROAT, UNDERPARTS DULL WHITE, UPPERPARTS SLATE GRAY, WINGS SLATE GRAY WITH CONSPICUOUS YELLOW PATCH, FEMALE SIMILAR TO MALE BUT CROWN AND UPPERPARTS DULLER, THROAT AND SIDES OF HEAD GRAY *TN6117* REPRODUCTION: BREEDS FROM SOUTHERN MANITOBA, SOUTHERN ONTARIO, AND MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA, SOUTHERN OHIO, IN MOUNTAINS TO NORTHERN GEORGIA, AND NEAR THE COAST TO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY *TN6097*, BREEDING SEASON EXTENDS FROM MID-MAY TO LATE JUNE, PEAKING FROM LATE MAY TO EARLY JUNE *TN6094*, CLUTCH SIZE = 4-7, USUALLY 4-5 *TN6081 *TN6117 *TN6097*, INCUBATION PERIOD = 10-11 DAYS *TN6117, 6081*, BY FEMALE *TN6117*, EGGS WHITE WITH BROWN AND PURPLE MARKINGS *TN6097* BEHAVIOR: WINTERS FROM GUATEMALA TO COLUMBIA AND VENEZUELA *TN6097*, MIGRATES ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO, AVOIDING FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA, WHERE IT IS RARE, MOVES NORTHWARD, MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI *TN6117*, SPRING ARRIVAL = MID-APRIL TO EARLY MAY, FALL DEPARTURE = MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER *TN6094*, NEST CONSTRUCTED ON OR NEAR THE GROUND, AT OR NEAR THE BASE OF A BUSH, SHRUB, OR SAPLING, CONSTRUCTED OF LEAVES, GRASSES, GRAPE TENDRILS, SHREDS OF GRAPE BARK, LINED WITH HAIRS OR FINE GRASSES *TN6117 *TN6081 *TN6097*, YOUNG ARE CARED FOR BY BOTH PARENTS *TN6117*, FLEDGING PERIOD = ABOUT 10 DAYS *TN6117, 6081*, GLEAN INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL INVERTEBRATES FROM LEAVES AND TWIGS OF DECIDUOUS SHRUBS AND SAPLINGS, ONLY INFREQUENTLY FORAGE ON THE GROUND IN TALL GRASSES *TN6094* SPECIES ORIGIN: NATIVE *TN6095 *TN6062* POPULATION PARAMETERS: POPULATION LEVELS APPEAR TO BE DECLINING, ESPECIALLY WHERE BREEDING RANGES OF BLUE-WINGED AND GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS OVERLAP *TN6116* AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS: VICTIM OF COWBIRD PARASITISM, SOMETIMES ASSOCIATES WITH BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES *TN6116* Physical Description: Length=4.5 to 5 inches, wingspread=6.85 to 7.5 inches Adult male has a wax-yellow forehead; throat and sides of head black, with a white streak over the eye and another broader one on each side of throat; belly white; upperparts slate-gray; wings hair-brown, with large yellow patches on the greater wing-coverts. Adult female has a yellowish green crown tinged with yellow on forehead; throat and sides of head neutral gray; back neutral gray, washed with greenish olive.*457* Reproduction: Nest is usually built on the ground, generally supported by a base of dead leaves and weed stalks. Clutch of 4 to 6 eggs is laid in May and June. Incubation lasts for 10 days and nestling period lasts 10 days after hatching. Note: Golden-winged and Blue-winged warblers commonly interbreed to produce Brewster's and Lawrence's Warblers. Both are rare in the state. Behavior: Territory size is usually 1 to 6 acres. Uses twig hopping and gleaning to catch bugs.*2871* Physical Description: Length=4.5 to 5 inches, wingspread=6.85 to 7.5 inches Adult male has a wax-yellow forehead; throat and sides of head black, with a white streak over the eye and another broader one on each side of throat; belly white; upperparts slate-gray; wings hair-brown, with large yellow patches on the greater wing-coverts. Adult female has a yellowish green crown tinged with yellow on forehead; throat and sides of head neutral gray; back neutral gray, washed with greenish olive.*457* Reproduction: Nest is usually built on the ground, generally supported by a base of dead leaves and weed stalks. Clutch of 4 to 6 eggs is laid in May and June. Incubation lasts for 10 days and nestling period lasts 10 days after hatching. Note: Golden-winged and Blue-winged warblers commonly interbreed to produce Brewster's and Lawrence's Warblers. Both are rare in the state. Behavior: Territory size is usually 1 to 6 acres. Uses twig hopping and gleaning to catch bugs.*2871*
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TN6081, TN6094, TN6097, TN6116, TN6117, TN6095, TN6062,
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