Black throated blue warbler
Description
5". Male blue-gray above, white below, with black face, throat and sides; female dull olive green, with narrow white eyebrow and usually a small, square, white wing patch.
Voice
Song a husky, rising zwee-zwee-zwee.
Habitat
Mixed deciduous and evergreen woodlands with think undergrowth, especially mountain laurel.
Nesting
4 brown-spotted white eggs in a nest made of leaves and grass, lined with cobwebs and hair and set near the ground in a shrub or young tree.
Other
The male is one of the easier warblers to identify since it retains its strikingly patterned plumage year-round. These warblers are among the tamest and most trusting of this family. If an observer moves very deliberately , the bird may be approached to within a few feet.
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