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  The RSPB: Wood warbler
The species is widespread and numerous in deciduous forest in Europe and reaches its highest densities in the UK in the western oak woods of Wales.
Wood warblers are found in deciduous woodland under closed canopies where there is little or no shrub layer.
Much of the population in Europe is found in forested lowlands, though in the UK it is predominately found in upland western oak woods.
www.rspb.org.uk /wildlife/birdguide/name/W/WoodWarbler/index.asp   (384 words)

  
  Wood Warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix
In 1984, for example, a record 29 wood warblers were recorded singing in Norfolk, together with a further 10 in Suffolk.
In this country wood warblers are most abundant in old woods of oak and beech, preferably with sparse undergrowth.
On arrival here, the male wood warbler quickly advertises his presence; the highly distinctive song may be heard from dawn until dusk for weeks at a time.
www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/wood-warbler.htm   (0 words)

  
  Wood Warbler - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Wood Warbler, common name for any of about 125 species of small American passerine birds, that range in length from 10 to 18 cm (4 to 7 in).
Yellowthroat, common name for about nine species of wood warblers; the most familiar species is the common yellowthroat, which breeds in marshes and...
Water Thrush, either of two species of large wood warblers, closely related to the North American ovenbird.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Wood_Warbler.html   (211 words)

  
  wood - definition by dict.die.net
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
(a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood.
dict.die.net /wood   (1649 words)

  
 Warbler
Warbler is a name applied to several groups of birds, primarily the New World wood warblers (family Parulidae), and Old World warblers (Sylviidae) of which only 3 species commonly breed in Canada (see KINGLET).
Kirtland's warbler, until recently thought to breed only in a restricted area of Michigan, is now believed to have nested in Ontario and possibly Québec.
The creeperlike fl-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia), the fl-masked, marsh-dwelling common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), the flycatching American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), the thrushlike, ground-dwelling ovenbird, the northern waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) and 2 species of Wilsonia are also widespread.
thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008444   (484 words)

  
 Wood Warbler - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
This is a typical leaf warbler in appearance, green above and white below with a lemon-yellow breast.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wood_warbler   (235 words)

  
 Wood Warbler - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wood Warbler, common name for any of about 125 species of small American passerine birds, that range in length from 10 to 18 cm (4 to 7 in).
Yellowthroat, common name for about nine species of wood warblers; the most familiar species is the common yellowthroat, which breeds in marshes and...
Water Thrush, either of two species of large wood warblers, closely related to the North American ovenbird.
encarta.msn.com /Wood_Warbler.html   (151 words)

  
 Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency: Wood Warblers
Wood warblers are small lively birds that use a range of habitats.
Wood warblers breed in May and June, in woods and brushland, in areas that may be dry, moist or wet.
Wood warblers tend to shun lowland rain forests, preferring foothill and mountain forests instead.
www.pgc.state.pa.us /pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150874   (2160 words)

  
 woodwarblerquiz
Three species of North American wood warblers share the honor of being the earliest to receive Latin names by Linnaeus.
Among the 25 species of warblers depicted on one color plate in the first edition (1941) of Roger Tory Peterson’s "A Field Guide to Western Birds" are the Pileolated Warbler, Sennett’s Warbler and the Calaveras Warbler.
Only two species of wood warblers are cavity nesters.
www.sentex.net /~tntcomm/kwfn/woodwarblerquiz.htm   (330 words)

  
 Warbler - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Warbler, common name for many small perching birds, from both the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and the New World (North and South America)....
Wood Warbler, common name for any of about 125 species of small American passerine (perching) birds that range in length from 10 to 18 cm (4 to 7...
- small insect-eating bird: a small songbird of the wood warbler family that eats insects and is often brightly coloured.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Warbler.html   (150 words)

  
 Warbler, Birds, Warbler, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Date : 3/26/2007 Time : 7:13:01 PM The name warbler is used for birds of two subfamilies of the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae; for birds of the New World wood warbler family, Parulidae; and for several species of birds in the thrush family, Turdidae.
The New World wood warblers usually have an unwarblerlike song and probably were named for their Old World counterparts because of their similar body shape, quick movements, and insectivorous habits.
In addition to their songs, a prime difference between the New World wood warblers and the Old World warblers is that the former have nine primary feathers (flight feathers on the "hand") whereas the latter have ten.
www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=101   (250 words)

  
 Wood Warblers
The Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.
The Wood Warbler is 11-12.5 cm long, and a typical leaf warbler in appearance, green above and white below with a lemon-yellow breast.
www.avianweb.com /woodwarblers.html   (260 words)

  
 DNR - Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
The endangered Kirtland's warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
The egg laying activity of the cowbirds began to impact the Kirtland's warbler population.
A Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan was developed in 1976, and updated in 1985, to provide state and federal agency personnel with a structured guide to direct management efforts toward increasing the Kirtland's warbler population.
www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html   (2521 words)

  
 BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Wood Warbler
BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Wood Warbler
Wood Warblers, which have a westerly distribution in Britain, were covered relatively poorly until BBS began.
Little change was apparent at the few CBC plots on which the species occurred (Marchant et al.
www.bto.org /birdtrends2006/wcrwoowa.htm   (218 words)

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