Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

County List:

Rule:

Mixed Forested/Nonforested or Nonforested Landscapes

      Savanna
      or Upland Brush

Habitat List:

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Literature:

Habitat: Golden-wings occur in moist, swampy woodlands, in thickets of willow and alder, near streams, and in upland sites covered with saplings of aspen and fire cherry. They nest on the ground, under cover of shrubs or grassy hummocks. In some areas, the Golden-winged Warbler tend to live in more open habitats than the Blue-winged Warbler, occurring in an earlier stage of plant succession from abandoned cultivated fields to the regrowth of woodland, or in wetter areas. In southern Michigan, the two birds do not appear to differ in habitat.

Habitat: Breeding: Damp fields heavily vegetated with thick grass, clumps of brushes and briars, deciduous damp woods, especially gray birch stands; sometimes found on higher ground. Avoids mountains.

Special Habitat Requirements: Brushy open areas, especially clearings in deciduous woodlands with saplings, forbs, grasses.

Habitat: Open woodlands, brushy clearings, undergrowth. Breeds in brushy areas with patches of weeds, shrubs, and scattered trees (such as alder or pine). This habitat type is found in places where a cleared field is growing up to woods again, as well as in marshes and tamarack bogs.

Diet: Mostly insects. Diet not known in detail, but feeds on many caterpillars and adult moths, especially Tortricid moths, also other insects and spiders.

Nest: Built by female on the ground at base of shrub or in a tussock of grass or sedge, usually hidden by foliage. Open cup nest constructed of leaves, grapevine bark, and long strips of grass, lined with fine plant material.