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(Male) Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Description:

This male songbird just caught breakfast. His "back, wings and tail plain olive. Chin, throat, and upper chest bright yellow. Belly whitish. Dusky flanks. Bright yellow undertail coverts. Broad black mask extending from side of neck through the auricular area and from the eye to the forehead. Whitish to grayish line above black mask separating it from the olive crown." - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat:

Mixed Oak forest. "They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico. Northern races are migratory, wintering in the southern parts of the breeding range, Central America and the West Indies. Southern forms are largely resident. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. The breeding habitats of these birds are marshes and other wet areas with dense low vegetation, and may also be found in other areas with dense shrub." - Wikipedia

Notes:

"These birds feed on insects, which are usually captured in dense vegetation, but sometimes caught in midair. The Common Yellowthroat's song is a loud twichety twichety twichety twich. Its call is a soft jip." - Wikipedia

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5 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 11 years ago

Thank you Arun!

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Awesome .. nice spotting !!

CoastalJHawk
CoastalJHawk 11 years ago

Cool, thanks!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you James. I have Photoshop Elements but hope to get a watermark program soon. This was is time consuming and inconsistent but it does its job.

CoastalJHawk
CoastalJHawk 12 years ago

Great spotting! I like the signatures on your photos. What program do you use?

Poway, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 28, 2012
Submitted on Apr 28, 2012

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