Blackpoll Warbler -
(Dendroica striata) 

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Identification

• Small songbird
  
• Spring male has solid black cap with contrasting white cheeks
  
• Grey back, streaked with black
  
• White underparts with black streaks on flanks
  
• Two white wingbars
  
• Yellowish feet and legs
  
• Female much duller, more greenish grey, streaked back
  
• White below with streaks on sides
  
• Fall colors very dull--olive green on back, lighter below, and faintly streaked sides
  
• 5-5.5" (14 cm.)

Habitat

• On migration, a wide variety of forested and shrubby areas
• Breeds in boreal spruce-fir forests, mostly north of Wisconsin

Additional Information

• Fairly common migrant
  
• Found in high tree tops
  
• Fall migration route is non-stop over open water from NE US for up to 2000 miles, for up to 88 hours (Cornell)
  
• Breeds in Northern Canada and Alaska
  
• Winters in northern South America