🟡 Yellowthroat ID

That black mask is doing almost all the ID work.

Common Yellowthroat is a small warbler of wet weeds, brushy edges, and tangled backyard corners. The male's yellow throat plus black mask is the fast clue; females and young birds are softer olive-brown with yellow underneath and no mask.

Swipe through for the perched marks, the low fluttery flight style, the "wichity-wichity-wichity" song, and the yellow look-alikes that cause the most second guesses.

If you hear the reeds singing, look low before the bird drops back into cover.

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