Females are similar but not as bright. This one was spotted at Blucher Park during migration. I recently read an article that said one of my favorites, cerulean warblers, were declining seriously because of habitat destruction. These darling blue mites of birds are striped with black lines, have a narrow black throat line and a white breast. The males wear a velvet black monk s hood from which their golden yellow faces peer.
Backs are greenish and under-parts yellow.
This bird is a ground and lower story feeder and frequently announces himself with a loud tick. Ovenbirds are under-story feeders also. They have distinctive black bordered, orange crown stripes, and bold white eye-rings, and a mincing way of walking. This bird is quite vocal, fusses and scolds from thickets. Yellow warblers are all over bright yellow, with reddish stripes on breasts.