common yellowthroat

These burst out of some reeds near the shore and started hoping around on lilly pads, then diapered again into the reeds. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/320419721

This is the female. If the setting seems unusual it's because she hit the window and was resting before she happily took off.

The male common yellowthroat, with his distinctive mask, always lurking down in the dense reeds and bush by the waterline, making him very difficult to photograph around here!

A lovely, female common yellowthroat in early mid-morning light.

The last of the photos I got of this bird.

Very often this little fellow would throw his head back and loudly voice his song.

While I was out for a walk yesterday, I heard this bird singing in the shrubbery beside the road. I could see his indistinct shape fluttering around deep in the foliage but there was just no photo opportunities. I spent 20 minutes or so standing there with my camera at the ready in case he...

Another bird found at Eagle Lakes Park in south Naples.

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Medina River Natural Area. South side of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. South Texas Plains Vegetational Area, Medina River riparian at ca. 158 m (518 ft) elevation.

Very lucky photo day for me up at Portland's Powell Butte Nature Park.. the Lupine are in prolific bloom and Yellowthroat males are singing from anything not far above ground level. This one was "hiding" safely below the tops of the flowers, on a dead Mullen stalk, but I had an angle...

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. The willows.

Did manage to catch the eye of this little girl. Delia, My camera shoots in bursts of 5, 20 and 40 photos. The 40 one is useless as it lowers the resolution down to 1 megapixil and the quality is awful. The 5 is at full resolution, and the 20 is at a lowered but still very useful size. Only...

Had this little Common Yellowthroat Warbler female beautifully lined up in profile as she looked to her left. Just as I pulled the trigger, she flicked the other way, and of course there was a leaf in the way! Teeth gnashing time. lol!

Pretty little bird, got relatively close (10 meters or so) and it didn't seem too concerned with me. Still a very difficult bird to get a snap of as it constantly flits around and in and out of the foliage as it forages

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas subsp. insperata) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegatational Area. Dense Tamaulipan scrub surrounded by either crop land or coastal prairie and marsh at...

I've had a very tough time for years.. getting a good shot at one of these little guys.. hiding and moving about. This time I went off-trail and "surprised" him by going into his "safe" space behind bushes and on steep slope. That seemed to do the trick.. until he discovered...

This is the male of course sporting his best feathers. Love is in the air.

A female I think. Tough bird to get a clear shot of with a slow bridge camera as she quickly flits quickly among the tangle of branches and grasses.

This is the girlfriend of the Masked Bandit.

I hardly ever catch this one out in the open.