Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
The Elbow Valley Constructed Wetland is an ideal habitat for the Common Yellowthroat. These birds enjoy water with bulrushes, cattails, and willows. This male was singing up a storm on a willow by the shelter. I saw him yesterday morning and today he cooperated for some photographs.
In the Warbler family, the Common Yellowthroat and the Yellow Warbler are the most widely distributed in North America. Some Common Yellowthroats in the southern climes do not migrate and are sedentary, which is not a common Warbler trait.
References
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta. Federation of Alberta Naturalists. 2007.
Baicich PJ, Harrison CJO. Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. Princeton UP. 2005.
Beadle D, Rising J. Sparrows of the United States and Canada. Princeton UP. 2003.
Fisher C, Acorn J. Birds of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton. 1998.
Sibley David A. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Alfred A Knopf, Inc. New York. 2001.
The Elbow Valley Constructed Wetland is an ideal habitat for the Common Yellowthroat. These birds enjoy water with bulrushes, cattails, and willows. This male was singing up a storm on a willow by the shelter. I saw him yesterday morning and today he cooperated for some photographs.
In the Warbler family, the Common Yellowthroat and the Yellow Warbler are the most widely distributed in North America. Some Common Yellowthroats in the southern climes do not migrate and are sedentary, which is not a common Warbler trait.
References
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta. Federation of Alberta Naturalists. 2007.
Baicich PJ, Harrison CJO. Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. Princeton UP. 2005.
Beadle D, Rising J. Sparrows of the United States and Canada. Princeton UP. 2003.
Fisher C, Acorn J. Birds of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton. 1998.
Sibley David A. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Alfred A Knopf, Inc. New York. 2001.
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