Fifty Birds of Town and City
Yellowthroat Warbler (Geothlypis trichas)
This is a gay little warbler that is abundant, at least in summer, across the
United States and most of Canada wherever there are moist shrubby areas. It's a
permanent resident in southern-most United States and northern Mexico--and north up the
Pacific coast to San Francisco. The yellowthroat warbler lives in shrubs in moist areas,
showing its distinctive markings to passersby. The female warbler doesn't have a black mask,
but otherwise looks much like the male warbler.
These warblers nest on or near the ground in moist areas and eat mainly insects,
including plant lice; don't look for them in the tops of tall trees. Adults are
about 5 inches long. There are, of course, a lot of warblers over the continent, but
the yellowthroat is widely distributed and widely admired. Keep your wet areas if
you want to keep yellowthroats around.
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