This is bird note.

Most warblers don't make appearances at bird feeders,

but pine warblers often do.

They're unique among warblers in their fondness for seeds. You can find

them year-round in pine forests of the Southeast U.S. The Bahamas, Haiti, and the

Dominican Republic. And if you know where to look this spring,

you have a good chance of seeing them migrate

through cities in the Midwest and East Coast.

If there's a pine or two in a nearby park or backyard,

look for a small agile bird picking through needles for

caterpillars, insects, and seeds, and listen for its song, a sweet sounding

trill of about two seconds.

Pine warblers have a yellowish neck with the yellow reaching down to the belly on the males.

Their backs are olive green, their wings black, with white wing bars.

True to their name, Pine Warblers spend most of their lives in pine trees,

where they find their food and make their nests out of twigs, needles, and spider webs.

This quirky warbler is also unique in its tendency to sing every month of the year. So whether they only pass

through your neck of the woods while migrating or are year-round residents, you can

enjoy the Pine Warbler's sweet little trills.

For Bird Note, I'm Michael Stein.