North Louisiana Wildlife
Mourning warbler standing on a branch

Did you know that mourning warblers protect their nests by pretending to have broken wings to distract predators?

Mourning Warblers
at
a Glance

Mourning warbler landing on a branch

Key Features:

Mourning warblers are olive yellow with gray heads. Males also have black chests.

Least Concern - Population Decreasing

Habitat:

Forests

nesting habits:

Mourning warblers build cup-shaped nests near the ground made of bark, grass, hair, leaves, rootlets, sedges, and weeds.

seasons mourning warblers are active in our area:

Spring, fall

Diet:

Arthropods, berries

hunting Behavior:

Mourning warblers forage in the branches of trees and shrubbery.

commonly confused with:

Dark-eyed juncos, orange-crowned warblers

Dark-eyed junco on the ground

Adult male mourning warblers are often confused with adult dark-eyed juncos.

Orange-crowned warbler looking around from a branch

Orange-crowned warblers are often confused with immature female mourning warblers.

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