General

Connecticut Warbler: Large ground-walking warbler with olive-gray upperparts and yellow underparts. Head has a slate-gray hood and bold white eye-ring. Legs are bright pink-red. Female and juvenile have olive-brown hood that blends with back.

Range and Habitat

Connecticut Warbler: Breeds from eastern British Columbia east through central Canada to western Quebec, and south to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include open larch-spruce bogs. Found in low wet woods and damp thickets during migration.

Breeding and Nesting

Connecticut Warbler: Three to five white eggs, marked with brown, lavender, and black, are laid in a nest made of grass and concealed in a clump of moss. Incubation ranges from 11 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Connecticut Warbler: Feeds on insects, spiders, snails, berries, and seeds.

Readily Eats

Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces

Vocalization

Connecticut Warbler: Song is a loud, ringing "beecher-beecher-beecher-beecher" or "chippy-chipper-chippy-chipper."

Similar Species

Connecticut Warbler: Female Mourning, MacGillivray's, and Nashville warblers are not as brown. Female Common Yellowthroat has pale gray belly.