Species Spotlight: Common Yellowthroat

The Common Yellowthroat is another bird that looks surprisingly stunning for a bird breeding in a temperate climate. Apparently, it is very common – the Audubon Society claims that “it is found in practically every reed-bed and patch of cattails from coast to coast”. eBird seems less impressed, calling it a “small warbler, dull olive overall with intense yellow throat” – somehow, I feel if this…