Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warblers are one of my favorite birds.  They make brown beautiful with their wonderful striped heads--they're dashing creatures. Their striped heads make them rather easy to identify.  Despite their name, I've never seen them eat an actual worm.  I normally find them searching through dead leaves on relatively low branches looking for caterpillars and other arthropods.

Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

I've had a terrible time photographing these wonderful birds. It seems they're always under cover in low light conditions.  But over the last couple days, I've found two individuals at a park near my home that were very cooperative.  I finally have presentable photos of this species.

Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Here in Central Florida, we only get to see them during Spring and Fall migration.  They breed in the Eastern U.S. Their songs are beautiful.; it's a relatively high pitched rapid trill-like song, very similar to a Chipping Sparrow.

Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler