This American Tree Sparrow was photographed at the Lake Express High Speed Ferry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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The American Tree Sparrow is brown above with two white wing bars, and yellow below with a dark spot on the breast. It has a red brown cap, and a bill with the top darker and yellow below. Despite its name, it is not particularly associated with trees. It has a range of Alaska and Northern Canada, and resides the farthest North of any of its relatives. It has a habitat of arctic scrub, willow thickets, brushy roadsides, weedy edges, marshes, and feeders. It feeds mostly on seeds and insects. It often comes to feeders with Dark-Eyed Juncos.
The male Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 4/28/2015.
The female Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 5/11/2016.
The immature Pine Warbler was photographed at Wehr Nature Center on 5/17/2011.
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The male Pine Warbler has olive-gray uppers with a yellow slightly streaked breast, dark legs, and white under parts, with white striped dark wings. The female Pine Warbler is similar colored to the male but duller. The immature Pine Warbler is drab all over with white wing bars. It has a range of eastern North America. It has a habitat of open pinewoods and pine barrens. It feeds on mostly insects, seeds, berries, and will come for suet at bird feeders.
In December 2017 eleven male Pine Warbler photos were added that were photographed in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Photos of Birds by Common Name by Sid Hamm 