Breeding Location:
Forests, coniferous, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets
Breeding Type:
Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Common to fairly common
Egg Color:
White or buff marked with brown, gray and purple
Number of Eggs:
3 - 5
Incubation Days:
12
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Bulky cup of dead leaves, grasses, dried plants, and ferns.
Migration:
Migratory
Recommended Products:
General
Canada Warbler: Small warbler with slate-gray upperparts, bright yellow underparts, black-streaked necklace, and white vent. Eye-ring is yellow. Female is duller with gray upperparts.
Range and Habitat
Canada Warbler: Breeds from southern Canada to northern U.S. east of the Rockies, and in the mountains to northern Georgia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include cool, moist woodlands with abundant undergrowth.
Breeding and Nesting
Canada Warbler: Three to five white or buff eggs, marked with brown, purple, and gray, are laid in a nest made of dried leaves and grass built on or near the ground at the base of a stump or in a fern clump. Eggs are incubated for approximately 12 days by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Canada Warbler: Diet consists primarily of flying insects, including mosquitoes, flies, moths, and beetles; also eats small, hairless caterpillars and spiders. Forages in shrubs and lower tree branches of both coniferous and deciduous trees, and occasionally on the ground; most frequently hops along branches, but will catch insects on the wing.
Readily Eats
Sugar Water, Fruit, Nut Pieces
Vocalization
Canada Warbler: Song is a rapid, sputtering warble.
Similar Species
Canada Warbler: Magnolia Warbler has black streaks that extend onto sides.
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