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“Can I bathe in privacy please?” - #CommonYellowthroat

An adorable yellow and tan bird frolicking in a shallow stream of water

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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), 12th May 2024
es: Mascarita Común, fr: Paruline Masquée
Cape May Bird Observatory Northwood Center, Cape May, New Jersey
Lenapehoking (Lenni-Lenape) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 40% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 12800
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A near-round warbler with yellow thoat and black mask gazes thoughtfully into damp underbrush.

Evening Call

A Common Yellowthroat pops up on a Coyote Brush to announce its presence.

This was taken right at sunset (if you look carefully you can see the reflection of the sun setting over a hill in the bird’s eye). I went with 1/160s and 1600 ISO. You really don’t need a fast shutter speed even for these hyperactive little birds.

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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), 21st June 2024
es: Mascarita Común, fr: Paruline Masquée
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, New Scotland, New York
Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Mohican & Schaghticoke traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 250
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A bandit-masked warbler with a yellow breast stands watch at the top of a tree, in front of a blue sky.

This is a Common Yellowthroat, And although, when I took this picture a year ago it was the first one I had ever seen, it turns out that they are indeed common. They are everywhere and yet I somehow was completely oblivious to their existence for the three decades I've lived here. It really makes me wonder if there are griffins and goblins regularly ambling down the sidewalks and I've just never noticed.

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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), 12th May 2024
es: Mascarita Común, fr: Paruline Masquée
Cape May Point State Park, Cape May, New Jersey
Lenapehoking (Lenni-Lenape) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 1600
#Birds #CommonYellowthroat #COYE #Warblers #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

With an expression somewhere between curiousity and annoyance, a little masked warbler stretches to peer at us out of a cluster of leaves.

A Perfect Pose From A Common Yellowthroat

Not sure why these birds are just called 'yellowthroat' when their whole body seems to be yellow!

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/a-perfect-pose-from-a-common-yellowthroat/

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A Perfect Pose From A Common Yellowthroat

Not sure why these birds are just called 'yellowthroat' when their whole body seems to be yellow!

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/a-perfect-pose-from-a-common-yellowthroat/

#Birding #PhotoOfTheDay #animals #bird #birding #birds #California #CommonYellowthroat #PhotoOfTheDay #travel #USA

Common Yellowthroat

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A small vibrant yellow bird perches gracefully on a branch, surrounded by green leaves in the background.

Common Yellowthroat

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A bird stands in calm water beside rugged rocks, showcasing its natural habitat and serene environment.

@VoiceofDuum @rosemarymosco

I have to share my #anting story...

We were #birding at the #Audubon #CorkscrewSwamp in S #Florida. Most of the hike is on a boardwalk so you are up high looking down at #birds on the ground when not over water. We see a #CommonYellowthroat #Warbler on the ground attacking a group of ants. It was odd because he didn't look like he was eating them, just tossing them around like he was mad at them.

Many years later I was reading "The Birder's Handbook" (which has an interesting format, one bird description on each right-hand page, and a more general bird-related essay on the left). I got to the essay on "Anting" and remembered that little bird and the ants! Not mad, not hungry... He just needed a little bug repellent!

Note that elsewhere on a sister site there is an article that seems to contradict all of the above... ?!

https://feederwatch.org/blog/anting-blue-jays-taking-a-bath-or-preparing-dinner/

#Bird #Book

I decided to pay a return visit to The Ramble in Central Park, NYC. I hadn't been back since last May's Warblerfest. While I didn't catch as many bird species, I did get some interesting shots. See Alt-text for id's and other info.
3rd of 3 sets.

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Rose-breasted Grosbeak perched on an evergreen branch

Common Yellowthroat warbler foraging on a boulder

Northern Waterthrush (warbler) foraging on the muddy bank of a creek

@mybirdcards

I have a personal #CommonYellowThroat story...

I was in the #CorkscrewSwamp Preserve (S. #Florida) many years ago on a boardwalk when I looked down that the roots of a tree and saw a Yellowthroat attacking, but not eating, some ants. I thought "That's odd," and checked the bird off my year list. At the time I had no idea what I had witnessed.

Years later, doing some bird-related reading I discovered "Anting" a form of self-maintenance, self-medication! 🙂 🤷‍♂️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anting_(behavior)

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@mybirdcards

#Mnemonic for the Little Bandit's song... "Witchity, Witchity, Witchity" 🙂 💕

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