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American Yellow Warbler
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American Yellow Warbler (Dendroica aestiva)

This warbler caught my attention with his private larder. He was putting his head into the tent caterpillar tent and coming out with a caterpillar (and a little silk on his forehead). Another slightly out of focus shot shows him with the caterpillar in his beak. All the more reason to not spray for caterpillars and let nature take its course.
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Habitat
Forest edge adjacent to large field
Location
Hamilton, Canada
Date taken
May 30, 2011
Scientific name
Dendroica aestiva
Equipment used
Panasonic GH1 with 100-300
pjcidgy
I need a lot of Yellow Warblers -- i can hardly stand to walk through our forest because of all the caterpillars. They're hanging out of the trees on their "webs" -- uuugggghhhh. Feels like walking through one continuous spider web!

Nice photo of this bird -- they don't stay still very long. I've always had a rather difficult time getting good photos of them. Thanks for sharing.
 

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North America
Added by
Paul Tavares
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