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Last update: $Date: 2004/01/28 04:47:43 $ (UTC)
The Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) is an abundant, olive-yellow Warbler found pretty much through-out North America. In our area of Alberta, this is one of the early spring arrivals. While their diet is mostly insects, they also will eat berries and tree sap. For this reason their spring arrival in Calgary coincides with the arrival of migrant Sapsuckers, and they can be found in the same areas where Sapsuckers are drilling for sap.
As the Sibley field guide states, "its drab plumage causes confusion with many other species; the orange crown-patch is rarely seen in the field." Look for a uniform olive-yellow color, broken yellow eye-ring with dark eye-line, dark wing and tail feathers, or yellow undertail coverts. If looking for these markings doesn't help, consider the advice of the Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: "The Orange-crowned Warbler is extremely nondescript. In fact, this is one of the best field marks for identifying it!"
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This Orange-crowned Warbler was seen at Bow Valley Provincial Park, July 26, 2003. While we were walking along a path, a small bunch of birds came flitting through the trees. In what seemed like just a few seconds, most of them had cleared the area, never having come into clear view or slowed down enough for a good shot. But this Orange-crowned Warbler was towards the back of the pack and sat still for a moment in the open before heading off to join the rest of them.
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