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The Orange-crowned Warbler is definitely not the showiest member of the warbler family but I do enjoy seeing them each winter when they arrive here in Texas. I enjoyed spending a few minutes with this one as it foraged along the edge of 40 Acre Lake at Brazos Bend State Park earlier this week. It would visit clumps of leaves looking for ones that had been curled up to protect spiders and pupating insects and use its sharp beak to probe into the crevices to pry out whatever food was hiding within.

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Vermivora celata