The mourning warbler is a secretive
bird that many visitors to Magee Marsh hope to see but typically catch
little more than a brief glimpse. Many others never see
this bird at all. Mournings like to forage low in dense
thickets. At least one is typically sighted at Magee each year,
usually during the fourth week of May, though it can occur from mid-May
through the first week of June. Breeding males have a gray
head, black bib, and yellow belly, and can be discriminated from the
Connecticut by the lack of a white eye-ring. At Magee, when they
are seen at all they are typically seen on "Connecticut Avenue" on the
boardwalk, or along either the southern border of the West Lawn or near
the southwest corner of the westernmost parking lot.
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