Saw a Northern Parula up close today gleaning insects in a magnolia tree. 🙂
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Parula
Be sure to click on the "Listen" link to get their little song in your "bird brain" because you will hear them much more often than you will see them!
Second item explains what we where confused about, the odd east/west break in their breeding range...
"Northern Parulas have an odd break in their breeding range. They breed from Florida north to the boreal forest of Canada, but skip parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and some states in the Northeast. The reason for their absence may have to do with #habitatLoss and increasing #airPollution, which affects the growth of moss on trees that they depend on for nesting."
Third item is the page from my 40+ year old bird book with the #phonogram of their song.
Because of this I was able to ID this bird a few years before I ever saw one!
(Note the photo was taken in northern #Wisconsin in 2012.)
