Another Common Yellowthroat

Two great looks in one season- lucky me!

Back on January 21 I shared a post with photos I took of a Common Yellowthroat. You can revisit that post here: https://www.danweiszphotography.com/p/from-yellow-flowers-to-a-yellow-throat

I began that post with this sentence: "The National Audubon Society describes the Common Yellowthroat as "abundant and well-known" and "found in practically every reed-bed and patch of cattails from coast to coast." Still, Common Yellowthroats, while common, are very difficult to get a brief glimpse of much less a long look at. They are skulky and often remain hidden in the reeds at the water's edge. Well, I was lucky to have another good look at a Common Yellowthroat at Sweetwater recently.

Apparently there were enough small insects on this sunny side of the reed island to keep the Yellowthroat at the reeds' edge.

Males have a black mask with a thin white line above it. Their throats, as their name suggests, is a bright yellow. (Females are more plain, with olive brown plumage and they lack the black mask that the males have.)

Most often, one can hear the Common Yellowthroat, even if it can't be seen. Their song is distinctive and has been described as a witchety-witchety-witchety. You can listen to a number of recordings of the Common Yellowthroat at the AllAboutBirds site as you enjoy these photos. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Yellowthroat/sounds

By the way, Spring Migration is well underway. If you are interested in what birds might be flying through your county at night, go to Cornell's Birdcast site to discover the stunning number of birds passing through your county-wide "neighborhood" right now! This Cornell Lab of Ornithology site is here: https://birdcast.info