This is another lover of the coniferous forests and seldom wanders very far from their deep shade. Their sharp contrasting markings of yellow, white and black form conspicuous spots of color against the dark green background. Its song seems to be as individual as its coloration and is described by Walter Fisher in the words zeegle-zeegle-zeegle-zeek. They prefer their own society and seldom mingle with other species of Warblers.
NEST: Of weed stalks, small twigs and lichens, lined with soft bark and animal hairs. Located in conifers from twenty to forty feet up on large limbs.
EGGS: Four, specked with chestnut, lavender and brown: wreathed at large end.
Pacific Coast region from southern British Columbia (chiefly west of the Cascades) east to Nevada and Arizona.
A bushy tree, up to 30 feet in height; locally distributed among islands of Southern California from water level to 3,000 feet elevation.