{"id":488,"date":"2006-04-12T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-13T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/fire\/2006\/04\/12\/orange-crowned-warbler\/"},"modified":"2006-05-08T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2006-05-08T16:10:23","slug":"orange-crowned-warbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/2006\/04\/12\/orange-crowned-warbler\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange-crowned Warbler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most warblers are colorful or boldly patterned, but not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/AllAboutBirds\/BirdGuide\/Orange-crowned_Warbler_dtl.html\">Orange-crowned Warblers (Vermivora celata)<\/a>. These migratory warblers are a grayish olive green above and a dull yellow below, and their drab coloration makes them a bit difficult to spot amidst the leaves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/April\/Orange-crowned-Warbler.jpg\" alt=\"Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)\" width=\"350\" height=\"306\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I observed this Orange-crowned Warbler last Saturday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/2005\/08\/23\/the-sweetwater-wetlands\/\">Sweetwater Wetlands<\/a> here in Tucson. It briefly glanced at me and then went back to looking for insects. Orange-crowned Warblers are so named because they have a small, orange patch on the top of the head, but this patch is often hidden and may be faint or absent in the females.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/April\/Orange-crowned-Warbler-3.jpg\" alt=\"Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)\" width=\"350\" height=\"306\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t see an orange crown patch on this bird, but I was still able to identify it as an Orange-crowned Warbler because of its other characteristics. Along with their drab yellow and green coloration and lack of bold markings, Orange-crowned Warblers also have faint streaking on the breast, partial eye-rings, and yellow undertail coverts that contrast with the grayish underside of the tail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/April\/Orange-crowned-Warbler-2.jpg\" alt=\"Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)\" width=\"350\" height=\"306\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orange-crowned Warblers are common here in Tucson during spring and fall migration. They are usually found on the lower branches of deciduous trees and in shrubs, especially in riparian areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most warblers are colorful or boldly patterned, but not Orange-crowned Warblers (Vermivora celata). These migratory warblers are a grayish olive green above and a dull yellow below, and their drab coloration makes them a bit difficult to spot amidst the leaves. I observed this Orange-crowned Warbler last Saturday at the Sweetwater Wetlands here in Tucson&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/2006\/04\/12\/orange-crowned-warbler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More &rarr; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}