Black and White Warbler Takes a Dive

When you first see a Black and White Warbler in action, you might assume it’s a nuthatch or creeper. Unlike other warblers, which tend to dart from one small branch to another, the Black and White Warbler will often land on the trunk of a tree (or a large branch) and search for insects there. Although nuthatches are the only birds that will walk down a tree, the Black and White Warbler comes close. It will turn upside down, but it won’t walk that way.

Here’s a B&W I spied the other day. I got a nice sequence of pictures of it getting inverted.

The same bird is on the cover of this post.

Bird maps are conflicted about the Black and White Warbler in the Piedmont. Some say it summers here; others say it winters here. I’ve seen them in both summer and winter, so perhaps they’re all right.

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