Yellowthroat

Dateline: 15 May 2022, etc.

Common Yellowthroat (m), Presque Isle State Park

The BirdingPI.com team’s been lucky enough to see male Common Yellowthroat out in the open a couple times recently.

Rope barrier perch

First was the other Sunday, along the Gull Point outer old trail.

Flattened flight

Frequently hard to see in the underbrush, it was a good chance to dash off some quick snapshots.

Branch perch
Another branch perch
Third branch perch

Later, on another day, spotted this lovely male at the edge of the swamp (technically Niagara Pond) off the Dead Pond Trail Extension:

Stumped
More branch perch

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[Editor’s note: The Dead Pond Trail Extension is the red portion encircled in the map excerpt here: