Northern Parula Holly Springs Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The Northern Parula breeds in the eastern United States from Florida up to Maine and all the way up into Canada.Though they build their nests at varying heights in the trees, they are specific about what kinds materials they use to construct them.Here in North Carolina and other places in the southeastern states, they generally build their nests in hanging bunches of Spanish moss.In their northern ranges, they usually build their nests in bunches of Usnea lichen Old Man`s Beard by hollowing out a cup near the bottom of the mass with an entrance hole in the side.