Yellow-throated Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

While they are one of our more common warblers here in Florida, I think they're also one of the prettiest. We see them throughout Spring and Fall migration, and a few can be seen during the summer and winter.

Yellow-throated Warbler (yellow-lored)

Most of our Yellow-throated Warblers have a little bit of yellow on front of their eyebrows or supercilium and long bills (dominica subspecies). Up north they prefer Loblolly pines on their northern breeding grounds, though when I see them here, I frequently see them in palm trees.

Yellow-throated Warbler (yellow-lored)

But on rare occasions we see some with all white on their supercilium and shorter bills (albilora subspecies). They prefer breeding grounds among sycamore trees, but I haven't seen enough of them here in Florida to guess what they prefer as they pass through.

Yellow-throated Warbler (white-lored)

This time of year, Yellow-throated Warblers are pretty plentiful, and it can be tempting to dismiss them in search of rarer birds.  But I still take an interest in these wonderful creatures, since it's always nice to see a white eyebrow among the yellow.