Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Common Yellowthroat

A personal favorite characteristic of mine are birds with masks. The Common Yellowthroat's wide black mask is at the top of the list for "Best mask"!



It's "wichety-witchety-witchety" call is a very distinctive sound, but seeing one requires a bit of luck.

6 comments:

  1. You certainly had the luck this time.What a beauty!
    Blessings,Ruth

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  2. Hi,
    These are gorgeous pictures and the first one singing is awesome. The background is so nice and homogeneous that it looks like a painting!!! Wonderful shots!

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  3. He is handsome and he knows it! Typical guy - LOL!!

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  4. These little guys always make great subjects. Excellent capture in full-warble!

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  5. I can almost hear him singing! What great photos!

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  6. ha ha he really is giving you a great pose..you couldn't a better picture of this handsome creature!!
    Lovely shot!!

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