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REDSTART
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National Wildlife Federation
Wildlife Postcard Series
REDSTART
(Setophaga ruticilla)
Of all the warblers, the handsome Redstart is perhaps the most colorful
and active. He is extremely restless and constantly hopping from branch
to branch in a never-ending search for food. The warblers do a tre-
mendous amount of good in the destruction of insects and it almost
seems as though the Redstart was anxious to do the most. They especially
like the thick shrubbery and low hanging branches and have little or
no fear of humanity. So intent are they in their search for food that
they will dart with precision and speed at an insect even though a person
is standing directly beside the spot. They are found from Canada
through the western states to the Carolinas.
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Copyright 1939 National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
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