A small songbird with a yellow throat and distinctive black mask is perched on a bush in a wetland in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The Common Yellowthroat is a short- to long-distant migrant that spends its winters south of us in Central America or the southern Gulf of Mexico. This species is one of the most widespread warblers in the North American continent, breeding from southeastern Alaska and Yukon, across most of Canada to Newfoundland in the east, and south along both coasts to southern Florida, California, the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas. In New York State, Common Yellowthroats are found during breeding season throughout the state. Our Yellowthroats begin arriving in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in small numbers in late April, with most arriving in May.

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BirdInABush. Here’s a #CommonYellowthroat in a wetland. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

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Story behind the photo: I was birding the John Brown Trails one spring morning, camera in hand, hot on the trail of a Common Yellowthroat. I finally got my bird in focus when I heard the sound of thundering dog paws coming my way. I could tell by the yips of anticipatory joy and the owner’s unheeded cries that the dogs were jumpers, but I refused to be diverted. It was, after all, my first Yellowthroat sighting of the spring, so I kept my finger on the shutter button. The two big dogs flung themselves on me with delight, making me miss what would probably have been my finest shot. But the dogs weren’t through with me. The big brown one promptly lifted his leg and peed with great gusto on my jeans and shoes, marking me as his territory! The things we go through to get a photo!

For #SmallBirdSaturday, I offer a #CommonYellowthroat. For the story behind the photo (which involves large, unleashed dogs), see the Alt. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

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A male Common Yellowthroat, which is a small warbler with an olive-brown back, wings, and tail, and a bright yellow throat and chest. He also has a distinct black face mask bordered above by a white band. This bird was perched on a thin twig of a plant out in the marsh, and surrounded by other brown and beige twigs and stalks. The background is a blurred brown color with a small spot of green in the middle of the photo. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwigsAreUs, birds perched on twigs.

This tiny male #CommonYellowthroat was perched on a twig out in the marsh last spring (Concord, MA - 5/12/25) 😍💛

#birds #warblers #ECK #FlyDay #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #nature #Spring #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

#birdoftheday is #songbirds a #CommonYellowthroat blending right in with some yellow flowers
Taken with #canonR5 on a 200-800mm #birds #birdphotography #nature

This small male Common Yellowthroat is in the warbler family. He has an olive-green back/wings, yellow throat/chest, and a distinct black face mask with a white forehead border. He was perched on a brown vine with green leaves against a blurred green background. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.

Wednesday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoutItOut -- birds calling out. This tiny male #CommonYellowthroat was putting a lot of energy into his call! (Concord, MA - 6/27/25) 😊💛

#birds #warblers #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #WarblerWednesday #nature #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social

Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds, any bird on a branch, the Alt theme is #Robins, any Robin will do.
Here's a #CommonYellowthroat (I'm not sure how 'common' they are) from 2018.
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A common yellowthroat balanced atop of a plant. It is facing left, with its tail up in the air. The bird has a yellow breast. It has a black mask, black eyes, and black beak. It has a white collar and light brown wings and tail.

Common yellowthroat. #CommonYellowthroat #GeothlypisTrichas #Warbler #Songbird #Bird #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin

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A female Common Yellowthroat with a green insect in her beak, perched in a thicket.

No mask, just snacks. 🐛

We saw the masked male last week (complaining about his name), but the female Common Yellowthroat has a totally different look. No black mask, just a subtle yellow glow and a very large lunch.

#birds #commonyellowthroat #femalebirds #birdseating #wildĺifephotography

A male Common Yellowthroat clinging to a vertical stem in a nuthatch-like pose.

"Do you see me at every feeder? No."

He is channeling his inner Nuthatch to highlight the hypocrisy of it all.

Nuthatches are more common than Yellowthroats, but get respectful names like "White-breasted."

No wonder he’s looking at us sideways.

#birds #commonyellowthroat #notsocommon #wildlife

A Common Yellowthroat staring angrily at the camera while holding onto two reed stalks.

He takes the name personally. 😤

"Did you just call me basic?"

This Common Yellowthroat seems to take real issue with his species name. He is staring me down like he’s ready to fight the entire ornithology department.

#birds #commonyellowthroat #nature #wildlife #photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #Singing

Here is a common yellowthroat.

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For the theme of #natural for #BirdOfTheDay, here is a male #CommonYellowthroat busy doing his usual reed-hopping. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A common yellowthroat is perched on a diagonal branch, looking at the camera.

#BirdOfTheDay #MoodyFaces #CommonYellowthroat #birds #EastCoastKin

The #BirdoftheDay category #BirdsonTwigs made me think #warblers. So here is a female #CommonYellowthroat.

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#wildlife #bird #birding #birdsofbluesky
#birdphotography #nikon
#birdlife #photography #art #animal #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited

A small male Common Yellowthroat with bright yellow below, a black face mask, and olive upperparts. There's a thin whitish line between the black mask and the head and neck. The bird was singing as he was perched on a branch branch surrounded by green leaves. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.

I'm missing the green of summer today, so here's a cute male #CommonYellowthroat surrounded by green leaves and singing away! (Concord, Massachusetts - June) 💛🎶

#birds #warblers #SmallBirdSaturday #nature #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

Bird with gray-olive coloring and yellow throat looking to the left

Common yellowthroat warbler

#birds #warbler #commonyellowthroat #nature #naturephotography

A cute male Common Yellowthroat with a bright yellow throat and chest, olive-colored back, and a black mask across the eyes with a ring of white feathers. This bird was hopping through the brown brush next to a trail at Daniel Webster W.S. in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Today's close up capture is a male #CommonYellowthroat that was hopping through the brush along a trail in Marshfield, Massachusetts (May 2025) 💛

#birds #warblers #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

Photograph of a Common Yellowthroat sitting in a patch of perennial sow thistle flowers. The colour of the flowers beautifully compliments the yellow throat of the wee warbler.

I miss those long-ago warm days of autumn.😆
#Nikon #Birds #Flowers #CommonYellowthroat #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Manitoulin #Warblers

Warbler fight! This #CommonYellowthroat did not care for this #NashvilleWarbler, although I imagine the NAWA was merely passing through so the COYE could probably have let it chill.

Sept 2025 in Illinois (Coral Woods FP) #birds #birdnerd #birdphotography

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

#DailyBird 🤖
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), 12th May 2024
es: Mascarita Común, fr: Paruline Masquée
Cape May Point State Park, Cape May, New Jersey
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

Very close photo of a Common Yellow-throat sitting on a branch and looking directly into the camera.

Eye spy...
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A tan and yellow bird with a striking black mask around the eyes

Happy Friday from this very busy common yellowthroat. I had to skulk in the bushes to get this photo. 😆 #commonyellowthroat #birds

10/6/2025 Monday early in the Morning in the Verizon Plaza on 42nd Street NYC: Common Yellowthroat “if there is a Yellow-breasted Chat look alike competition I think I will win!” 😁 #commonyellowthroat #yellowthroat #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #fallmigration

Common yellowthroat. #best_birds_of_world #pacificnorthwest #birdwatching #ornithology #birdsoftheworld #commonyellowthroat #audubon #colorphotography

Female Common Yellowthroat at Heron Park, Danville, IL. (OM-1 Mk2, M.150-400mm)
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Common Yellowthroat

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A Common Yellowthroat is held displaying that several primary/flight feathers on one wing and her tail have been destroyed by a glue trap.

A Common Yellowthroat is in hand. Her feet have glue and debris stuck to them.

Glue traps are indiscriminate & inhumane!

This #CommonYellowthroat was southbound when she spotted a buffet of bugs. Little did she know that beneath was a deadly trap.

Several of her primary feathers & her tail are destroyed.

She will not be able to complete migration. 💔

#birds #nature

Common Yellowthroat at Heron Park, Danville, IL. (OM-1 Mk2, M.150-400mm)
#bird #birdphotography #microfourthirds #M43 #OMSystems #olympus #blueskyphotographers #Photography #Photographers #PhotographersUnited #commonyellowthroat

A common yellowthroat warbler.

A Common Yellowthroat from my walk today. They must be passing through, as I haven't seen any all summer and now twice in two days.
#commonyellowthroat #birds #yellowthroat #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca