Northern Parula

Primary: Insectivore

caterpillars

spiders

beetles

ants

flying insects

Secondary: Herbivore

will eat bud scales during breeding seasons

winter: berries, seeds, nectar

do not visit bird feeders

mature forests

access to water

streams

swamps

tree types

willow

swamp chestnut oak

black gum

eastern hemlock

sugar maple

red maple

birches

sycamore

mosses & lichens

Male

Female

Breeds along the United States, east of the Mississippi River

travels alone or in pairs

Migration

Long-distance migrant species

will join flocks with different species of birds - other warblers

Summers in the north

Winters in the south (Central America, Mexico, and Carribean)

location

placed at end of a branch

placed up high (as high as 100 feet)

will also build nests along rivers where sediment has accumulated between branches

nest building is done by females

takes 4 days

nests are made from lichen and moss

3 inches across by 2 inches deep