The female CommonYellowthroat just below was foraging along the edges of a marsh in Kenedy Co., Texas, in January, 2000. The shot was taken with a Canon EOS 1N and EF 600mm F/4 L lens and 1.4X extender on Fuji Provia film.


The singing Common Yellowthroat below was at Red Rocks Lake N.W.R., Beaverhead Co., Montana, in June, 2001. It was photographed with the same gear as the shot just above.

The Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) is a widespread warbler across most of North America breeding from Mexico to Alaska. There are many subspecies recognized and its song varies somewhat depending upon the location. The singing male show on the left and the two shots immediately below that was defending a territory in a scrubby thicket in the Angelina National Forest in Angelina Co., Texas in June 2003. The photos are digital captures and were shot with a Canon EOS 10D and 600 mm F4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender.

The next 6 images on the left were taken at Medicine Lake N.W.R., Sheridan Co., Montana, in June, 2007, with a Canon EOS 1D Marl III and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender.

The next 3 shots of a male Common Yellowthroat were taken in the Angelina National Forest, Angelina Co., Texas, in June, 2008, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender.