Dateline: Labor Day Weekend, 2022
Not a holiday weekend here at BirdingPI.com – it’s all hands on deck Sat-Mon for nature photojournalism in the greater Erie area. Kicking it off with “bird of the day” – Common Yellowthroat @ Presque Isle State Park, Gull Point Trail.
Highlighting immature male Common Yellowthroat. Note the bright yellow throat, but splotchy black cheeks interspersed with hints of gray. (Fully mature male: fully-delineated black face with upper, gray bordering band.)
Following shots have a more even brown/gray face, so could be female Common Yellowthroat.
Back to a final shot of what’s clearly an immature male, but the gray upper face band is better formed than above.
Wishing everyone a great weekend! Be sure to nature!