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Yellow-throated Warbler |
While they are one of our more common warblers here in Florida, I think they're also one of the prettiest. We see them throughout Spring and Fall migration, and a few can be seen during the summer and winter.
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Yellow-throated Warbler (yellow-lored) |
Most of our Yellow-throated Warblers have a little bit of yellow on front of their eyebrows or supercilium and long bills (
dominica subspecies). Up north they prefer Loblolly pines on their northern breeding grounds, though when I see them here, I frequently see them in palm trees.
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Yellow-throated Warbler (yellow-lored) |
But on rare occasions we see some with all white on their supercilium and shorter bills (
albilora subspecies). They prefer breeding grounds among sycamore trees, but I haven't seen enough of them here in Florida to guess what they prefer as they pass through.
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Yellow-throated Warbler (white-lored) |
This time of year, Yellow-throated Warblers are pretty plentiful, and it can be tempting to dismiss them in search of rarer birds. But I still take an interest in these wonderful creatures, since it's always nice to see a white eyebrow among the yellow.
Gorgeous images!
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love these Warbler shots! Thanks for the great details and extra info - very interesting.
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