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  • Then, a male Common Yellowthroat in brilliant breeding plumage--yellow head and breast with a bold black mask across the eyes--hopped to the top of the bushes, gave one more outburst of his tu-witchity, tu-witchity, tu-witchity, tu-witch song, then fleeted away across the road.

    BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2003

  • Then, a male Common Yellowthroat in brilliant breeding plumage--yellow head and breast with a bold black mask across the eyes--hopped to the top of the bushes, gave one more outburst of his tu-witchity, tu-witchity, tu-witchity, tu-witch song, then fleeted away across the road.

    Archive 2003-05-01 John L. Trapp 2003

  • When I first heard the song, I was somewhat taken aback, not able to identify the singer because it was so out of place--the Common Yellowthroat being an inhabitant of brushy wetlands.

    BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2003

  • When I first heard the song, I was somewhat taken aback, not able to identify the singer because it was so out of place--the Common Yellowthroat being an inhabitant of brushy wetlands.

    Archive 2003-05-01 John L. Trapp 2003

  • Among little Luke's bird friends was little Nick-uts the Yellowthroat.

    The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends Melvin Hix

  • -- Burleigh and Lowery (1942: 204) noted the Hooded Yellowthroat "only on the open slopes above the summit of Diamante Pass at an elevation of about 8,000 feet" where they obtained an adult male.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • So far I've seen the Common Yellowthroat and the Yellow Warbler.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Gumbo Lily 2010

  • So far I've seen the Common Yellowthroat and the Yellow Warbler.

    Western Tanager... Gumbo Lily 2010

  • Coahuila; the Thick-billed Parrot, Hooded Yellowthroat, and

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

  • (1942: 204) found the Yellowthroat "only on the outskirts of Saltillo, where ... [this species] was not uncommon in the thickets, especially around a small stand of marsh grass bordering a pond."

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

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