House Wren? Central MD (1 Viewer)

[JoeAJ]

I am not really a big birder, but I do enjoy watching all the different birds we have flying around our yard. I noticed a very unusually colored wren flying around a few weeks ago. I finally managed to take a few pictures over the weekend and think it is a House Wren, but I could not find any pictures or descriptions with these colors.
Any help in defining the type of Wren and if this something is unique would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JoeAJ]

A few more pics.

 

[JoeAJ]

This is going to take a while how to figure out how to get pics to appear in the post, not just as a clickable image.

 

[stuartelsom]

Hi Joe,

Your bird is a Common Yellowthroat, a type of warbler. Nice bright throat suggests a male but hard to be sure with young birds.

Stu

 

[Butty]

Adult female - bright yellow throat and no black on face.

 

[JoeAJ]

Hi Joe,

Your bird is a Common Yellowthroat, a type of warbler. Nice bright throat suggests a male but hard to be sure with young birds.

Stu

Thank you for the info.. I've lived here for five years and never seen anything like it until a few weeks ago. What made me think it was a wren is everytime I see it, there is a House Wren nearby. Thanks.

 

[JoeAJ]

Adult female - bright yellow throat and no black on face.

Butty, thank you for taking the time to click on all the pics and responding. Guess I gotta step up my birding game.

 

[KC Foggin]

Hi again Joe
Yes, a female Yellow-throat Nice captures.

 

[AveryBartels]

As established, Common Yellowthroat. The very tapered, pointed tail feathers make this a young bird (hatched 2022) and the bright throat indicates almost certainly a male. The amount of black in the face on young males is variable but often they don't show any/only a very subtle hint of a mask.

 

[JoeAJ]

Thank you all for taking the time to respond. I'm sure to all the experienced birders, that was a stupid question, but for a non birder like me, it acted like a wren, about the same size, etc. but I had never seen one with that colorization before so I was it peaked my interest in finding out what it was.
I got those pics right in time, because I haven't seen that bird since I took those pictures. Guess it decided it was time to start heading south.