Title: Birds of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
Identifier: birdsofyellowsto00foll (find matches)
Year: (197-?) ((190s)
Authors: Follett, Dick; Yellowstone Library and Museum Association; United States. National Park Service
Subjects: Birds; Birds
Publisher: (Yellowstone National Park) : Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, in cooperation with National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of Interior
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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YELLOW WARBLER (Dendroica petechia) The yellow warbler breeds in streamside thickets of willow, alder, and cottonwood in Yellowstone and Grand Teton. This slender, active bird is the only yellow warbler with spots on its tail. The male also has rusty streaks on the breast. The nest of the yellow warbler is a deep, felted cup placed in the upright crotch of a shrub or tree. Yellow warbler nests are frequently parasitized by cowbirds, which do not build nests of their own, but lay their eggs in the nests of other species. The larger, more aggressive cowbird fledgling usually crowds the young warblers out of the nest and becomes the sole object of the parent warbler's attention. It is not un- common to see an adult yellow warbler feeding a cowbird fledgling twice its size.
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Dale & Marian Zimmerman WESTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella neglecta) The familiar meadowlark is one of our most widespread and most abun- dant songbirds. Its cheery song, plump profile, and conspicuously marked yellow and black breast are its most identifiable characteristics. Meadow- larks are common breeding birds in the sagebrush-grassland habitat com- plexes in Yellowstone and Grand Teton. In this environment the meadow- lark builds a grass domed nest and feeds on beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, caterpillars, wasps, ants, spiders, and seeds. When on the ground the mea- dowlark flicks its tail incessantly and in flight displays white outer tail feathers. Meadowlarks are not true larks but are related to the blackbirds and orioles. 52

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