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Kentucky Warblers nest in forested regions in much of the East, preferring woodlands with a dense understory, often near streams or other wetlands. These birds can use our help. As their forest habitat shrinks, it’s easier for Brown-headed Cowbirds to find and parasitize the warblers’ nests. While migrating, they are easy prey for domestic cats, so keeping cats indoors can save many warblers. And buying products like shade-grown coffee can help keep their tropical winter habitat in good shape.
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Kentucky Warbler
Written by Bob Sundstrom
This is BirdNote.
[Kentucky Warbler song,
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/166505951#_ga=2.76784528.442578796.15…, 1.10-1.12 or 1.19-1.21 or 1.55-1.56]
Hidden in a tree’s dense leaves, a tiny Kentucky Warbler sings its heart out.
This shy bird is hard to see, but when it finally pops into view, it’s well worth the wait. Bright yellow below with a dark green back, the Kentucky Warbler has long black sideburns on its yellow face—sideburns that, some birders say, remind them of Elvis.
[Kentucky Warbler song,
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/166505951#_ga=2.76784528.442578796.15…, 1.10-1.12 or 1.19-1.21 or 1.55-1.56]
Kentucky Warblers nest in forested regions in much of the East, preferring woodlands with a dense understory, often near streams or other wetlands. They winter in Central America, where they have adapted their hunting technique to follow swarms of army ants and snatch the insects the ants flush from cover.
[Kentucky Warbler call, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/166505951#_ga=2.76784528.442578796.15…, 0.15-.18]
But these charismatic little birds can use our help. As their forest habitat shrinks, it’s easier for Brown-headed Cowbirds to find and parasitize the Kentucky Warblers’ nests. While migrating, they are easy prey for domestic cats, so keeping cats indoors can save many warblers. And buying products like shade-grown coffee can help keep their tropical winter habitat in good shape.
Because we want to make sure that warbler with the sexy sideburns keeps on singing.
[Kentucky Warbler song,
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/166505951#_ga=2.76784528.442578796.15…, 1.10-1.12 or 1.19-1.21 or 1.55-1.56]
For BirdNote, I’m Michael Stein.
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Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Sallie Bodie
Editor: Ashley Ahearn
Producer: Mark Bramhill
Associate Producer: Ellen Blackstone
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. MLS 166505951 recorded by W. Hershberger.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2020 BirdNote July 2020 Narrator: Michael Stein
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links: https://abcbirds.org/bird/kentucky-warbler/?omcampaign=membership?hook&…
https://oepos.ca.uky.edu/content/kentucky-warbler
Bob Sundstrom
Writer