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The prothonotary warbler is 13 cm (5.1 in) long, weighs a mean 14.3 g (0.50 oz), [11] and has a wingspan of 22 cm (8.75 in). [12] It has an olive-coloured back with blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill, and black legs.
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While birders can pursue swallow-tailed kites, prothonotary warblers, and other southern specialties, nonbirders can explore Gilded Age mansions, Civil War forts, or rice and indigo plantations. Running parallel to Interstate 95, the trail is designed to give travelers reason to stop. The state teaches birding basics to the staffs of visitors ...
Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. ... Yellow warbler Prothonotary warbler.
Many declining species either occasionally or commonly occur on the refuge including the American golden plover, prothonotary warbler, painted bunting, and Hudsonian godwit. The refuge attracts 15 species of raptors during the fall and spring migration periods, including the osprey , rough-legged buzzard , Swainson's hawk , Northern Harrier ...
The Parkesia waterthrushes, the ovenbird, the russet-crowned warbler, and Semper's warbler, all of which can exceed 15 cm (5.9 in) and 21 g (0.74 oz), may be considered the largest. The migratory species tend to lay larger clutches of eggs, typically up to six, since the hazards of their journeys mean that many individuals will have only one ...
Cape May warbler: Setophaga tigrina: V Blackburnian warbler: Setophaga fusca: R Yellow warbler: Setophaga petechia: B Chestnut-sided warbler: Setophaga pensylvanica: V Blackpoll warbler: Setophaga striata: R Yellow-rumped warbler: Setophaga coronata: B Black-throated gray warbler: Setophaga nigrescens: V Townsend's warbler: Setophaga townsendi ...
Explanations for the disappearance may be changes in habitat or increasing air pollution, which limited the growth of epiphytes on trees that the warbler depended on for nesting. A further explanation is the clear-cutting and bog draining that have significantly reduced the amount of suitable habitat in eastern North America.