| The male Black and white Warbler has bold black-and-white stripes on the head and most of body and underparts. The female is similar but more lightly marked with grayish-brown rather than black.
An aid to identification is peculiar habit to creeping along branches and tree trunks much like the the nuthatch. This unusual habit will allow you to separate it from the similarly marked Blackpoll Warbler.
This bird breeds over a vast area of mixed woodlands. From eastern Alaska and through Canada and the Great Lakes region, south to Georgia and Texas. Scattered populations can also be found across the Great Plains area. The black and white Warbler arrives in its northern breeding grounds in early May.
The Black and white begins to migrate south in August and September. And while it Winters primarily in the Bahamas, Mexico and Central America to northern Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, as well as Florida and southern Texas. The bird will sometimes stay through winter when food is plentiful and occasionally will be seen at feeders during winter.
The bird nests on the ground in a well concealed nest, usually at the base of a small tree.
Length 5 inches
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