Prothonotary Warbler

Description:

Also known as the "Golden Swamp Warbler". The male is gold and has blue-grey wings, the female appears slightly duller. 13 cm long and weighs 12.5 g. Its back is olive with a blue-grey tail, yellow underparts, a relatively long pointed bill and black legs. The adult male has a bright orange-yellow head; females and immature birds are duller and have a yellow head. ' The call is a tsweet, twseet, twseet, twseet.

Habitat:

Wooded swamps and other wet deciduous habitats. The preferred foraging habitat is dense, woody streams. Zekiah Swamp Natural Environment Area 38.4201, -76.9421

Notes:

Zekiah Swamp Natural Environment Area 38.4201, -76.9421