Today's featured feathered friend is the Yellow-Throated Warbler. Twice this week we've had a visit from a Yellow-Throated Warbler. We've spotted them before on outings, but never in our own backyard. Their preferred habitat is swamp and pine forests. Our backyard doesn't fit this description at all, so to choose our yard to stop by for a drink and a quick bath is such a blessing.
The Yellow-Throated Warbler is a medium sized warbler measuring 5 1/4 inches. The sexes are very similar, both have a bright yellow throat and upper breast with a bold black triangular face patch. Their flanks are heavily black-streaked. They have a white eyebrow, white neck, black forehead, gray crown and two white wingbars. Females have less black on the forehead and finer flank streaking.
Yellow-Throated Warblers can be found over most of the eastern U.S. except in New England and New York. Northern birds migrate south for the winter. In Florida, they can be found year round. Enjoy these photos of the colorful and beautiful Yellow-Throated Warbler.....tweet.....tweet!!
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| Yellow-Throated Warbler (Taken 9/19/12, Englewood FL) |
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| Yellow-Throated Warbler (Taken 10/23/12, Our Backyard) |
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