Description

Voice

A thin, high-pitched, monotoneous weesy-weesy-weesy, like a squeaky wheelbarrow.

Habitat

Primary and secondary forests, chiefly deciduous. During migration, parks, gardens, and lawns areas with trees and shrubs.

Nesting

4 or 5 purple-spotted white eggs in a ground nest composed of leaves, grass, and rootlets, and lined with hair and fern down. Nest is set at the base of a tree, stump, or rock.

Other

This conspicuous warbler arrives in the North early in spring, usually by mid to late April. It is known for its habit of creeping around tree trunks and along larger branches in search of insect food in crevices in or under the bark; hence its old name, "Black-and-White Creeper." Unlike the Brown Creeper, which only moves up a tree, this species can climb in any direction.

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