|                    Palm Warbler
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                |                    Setophaga palmarum
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                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 A small bird measuring up to 6 inches in length.  Olive-drab, streaked, with bright olive rump, and bright yellow undertail coverts.  Under parts vary from yellow to whitish buff.  Adults in spring have a rufous cap. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Breeds in northern Noth America and winters in the southeastern North america, Central America, and the West Indies. | 
               
              
              | Distribution and Abundance in Florida: | 
               
              
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              | Habitat(s): | 
               
              
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                 Open places, especially weedy fields and the borders of marshes. | 
               
              
               
              | Reproduction: | 
               
              
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                 4 or 5 brown-speckeled white eggs are laid in a grass nest placed on the ground in a grass clump, often at the base of a small tree or bush. | 
               
              
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              Food: | 
              
              
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                 This species feeds on insects and fruit. | 
               
                Comments: | 
              
              
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                 Can be found in South Florida during the winter months only.  This species has a distinctive habit of wagging its tail. | 
               
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