Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family

Description 5" (13 cm). Crown and upperparts olive green, throat and sides of breast black, face yellow. Female similar but duller.

Habitat Open stands of hemlock or pine; during migration, a variety of habitats.

Nesting 4 or 5 brown-spotted white eggs in a cup of grass, moss, and plant fibers, lined with hair and feathers and placed in the branches of a conifer.

Range Breeds from eastern British Columbia, Ontario, and Newfoundland south to Alberta, Minnesota, Ohio, northern New Jersey, and in mountains to Georgia. Winters from Florida and Texas southward.

Voice   Thin, buzzy, lazy zeer, zeer, zeer, zeer, zee? or faster zee-zee-zee-zoo-zee.

Discussion The Black-throated Green is one of the most commonly seen warblers during migration; at this season it feeds at any height above the ground, but where the trees are tall it spends most of its time among the highest branches. This bird's distinctive song is one of the easiest of warbler songs to learn.