- Rietzanger, Jeroen Reneerkens (jeroenreneerkens@hetnet.nl)
Warblers
Warblers are small songbirds which live up to their nickname: most species sing beautifully. Although you often hear them from a distance, they are difficult to see. Warblers hide among the branches, bushes or reed and their plumage is not usually very noticeable. They have a small beak for eating chiefly insects. The family of warblers is sub-divided into the following families: grass warblers, rufous warblers, such as the blackcap, and leaf warblers, such as the goldcrest and the willow warbler.
On Texel
The blackcap, garden warbler, goldcrest, grasshopper warbler, icterine warbler, sedge warbler, marsh warbler, reed warbler, lesser and common whitethroat, wood warbler, chiffchaff and willow warbler all brood on Texel. A number of unusual warblers are also seen every year, such as the Pallas's leaf warbler, the yellow-browed warbler and the barred warbler.
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