Berry Happy Warbler
A very very happy Yellow Rumped Warbler has all the berries it can eat at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The Yellow-rumped Warbler is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are perhaps the most versatile foragers of all warblers. They're the warbler you'd most likely to see fluttering out from a tree to catch a flying insect, and they are also quick to switch over to eating berries in the fall.
--- allaboutbirds.org
Berry Happy Warbler
A very very happy Yellow Rumped Warbler has all the berries it can eat at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The Yellow-rumped Warbler is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are perhaps the most versatile foragers of all warblers. They're the warbler you'd most likely to see fluttering out from a tree to catch a flying insect, and they are also quick to switch over to eating berries in the fall.
--- allaboutbirds.org