Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family

Description 5" (13 cm). Solid gray above, without wing bars, yellow below; yellow "spectacles"; black-spotted "necklace" on breast. Female similar but duller, with only a trace of necklace.

Habitat Cool, moist woodlands that are nearly mature and have much undergrowth.

Nesting 4 brown-spotted white eggs in a nest of dried leaves and grass, on or near the ground at the base of a stump or in a fern clump.

Range Breeds from southern Canada to northern United States east of Rockies, and in mountains to northern Georgia. Winters in tropics.

Voice   A rapid, sputtering warble.

Discussion This warbler received its name from its discovery in Canada, although it is certainly not confined to Canada, even in the breeding season. It ordinarily ranges at low levels, usually from the ground to 6 feet (nearly 2 meters) up. Like several other warblers, it is adept at fly-catching, conspicuously flitting from bush to bush. Flying insects form a great portion of its diet, but it also captures spiders and insect larvae.