Ever wished Wordle had more birds? Or had the thought that your life might finally be complete with just one more daily puzzle game? Boy oh boy, do I have news for you…
The team that brought you Poke-A-Bird now has a daily bird geography puzzle game: Find-A-Flock
Each day, you get a list of five bird species. Your goal is to guess where those five species co-occur. Very fun, very free. www.find-a-flock.com
On to this week’s bird, the: Pine Warbler
The Pine Warbler breeds in Eastern North America, with many individuals migrating up from the Southeastern U.S. to the Northeast for the summer (this is a hint for today’s puzzle…).
Regardless of where you find these birds geographically, you are likely to see them in tall pine trees. They are most abundant in older pine forests with a dense canopy.
Unlike most warblers, seeds can make up a large part of this species’ diet. This probably helps them to live in the American Southeast during the winter months, a time when many other warbler species fly much farther south.
The Pine Warbler is also a very chonky boy (for a warbler), weighing in at a massive 9-15 grams. That’s nearly twice as chonky as the teeny-tiny American Redstart (6-9 grams). Having a little more meat on your bones is good on cold nights.
This bird can be easy to miss (at least for me) because it sounds very similar to the Chipping Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco. So if you hear a high-pitched trill, look up! (Unless it’s a Chipping Sparrow or a Dark-eyed Junco, which are usually on or near the ground)
Have a wonderful week!
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