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Mourning Warbler -
(Oporornis philadelphia))
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Olive-grey above, bright yellow below
  • Grey hood around head and neck
  • Male has black patch below throat
  • Female has lighter grey hood, lacks
        black patch
  • 5.25" (13 cm.)

Habitat

  • Disturbed shrubby areas
  • Forest clearings

Additional Information

  • Fairly common migrant and summer
         resident in northern WI
  • Secretive during migration, stays in
         dense underbrush
  • Forages near the ground
  • Adult female eats the egg shells
         after young hatch
  • Found once in the summer on the KVR

Comparable Species

  • Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler on a tree branch

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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