The worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) is a fun warbler, particularly when the bird decides to appear from the bushes in Central Park and pose for almost a minute! As the name says, this is an insect-eating bird (arthropods, spiders, slugs, and especially caterpillars). The birds probe in dead-leaf clusters.
Worm-eating warbler, the Ramble, Central Park, May 19, 2019
There is a very short Filming the Feathers video, set to the Allegro-Adagio movement from Henry Purcell’s Trio Sonata in D Major, arranged for recorders and performed by Papalin.
