2 thoughts on “Common Yellowthroat Warbler Male

  1. Nanette Schieron

    Hi Laura,
    I just love this photo of the Common Yellowthroat! It’s the best picture that I have seen so far. It so depicts what I think his personality might be.
    I wanted to share a poem I wrote about him recently. I used your photo to educate my poetry group about warblers. I’m going to steer them to your website next.

    Warbler Season

    Just behind the waterfall

    I see him —

    A tiny jewel, brilliant yellow,

    Glittering like a rare Canary diamond,

    Splashing in the small stream,

    Bathing away the dust

    Of his more than thousand mile journey.

    I dare not move —

    Warblers are difficult to spot,

    Migrating through New England in May —

    Chatting and flitting

    In the highest branches

    Of our maples and oaks,

    Searching out lime-green caterpillars,

    Foraging for shiny beetles and spiders

    In last summer’s leaves

    Under the dense flower-laden azaleas.

    He is called, Common Yellowthroat,

    Though common he is not —

    A black bandit mask he wears

    But steal, he does not —

    He delights in the cool water —

    l delight in his presence,

    For tonight he may fly northward

    Navigating by moon and stars

    With others of his kind,

    And sadly, I will not see him again.

    He is called Common Yellowthroat,

    But common he is not —

    A black bandit mask he wears,

    But steal, he does not —

    Well, except for today —

    When he stole my heart.

    NSchieron

    6/4/20

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