Black Mask Yellow Warbler
A broad black mask lends a touch of highwayman s mystique to the male common yellowthroat.
Black mask yellow warbler. Bill is black legs and feet are pink. A broad black mask lends a touch of highwayman s mystique to the male common yellowthroat. It is named for the state where it was first discovered. The bright sweet song of the yellow warbler is a familiar sound in streamside willows and woodland edges.
Females lack the mask and are much browner though they usually show a hint of warm yellow at the throat. You can of course consider the hooded warbler s yellow mask as the eyehole in the. As the accompanying paintings show the yellowthroat has a black mask that stands out against its largely yellow coloration while the hooded warbler s reverse mask is yellow against its black hood. Head has black mask and sideburns and thick yellow eyebrows.
Look for these furtive yellow and olive warblers skulking through tangled vegetation often at the edges of marshes and wetlands. Their open cuplike nests are easy to find and cowbirds often lay eggs in them. Females lack the mask and are much browner though they usually show a hint of warm yellow at the throat. Buy yellow warbler eyeblack mask by birdglamour as a mask.
The same yellow warbler design on a black background. This is one of our most widely distributed warblers nesting from the arctic circle to mexico with closely related forms along tropical coastlines.