Common Yellowthroat...a first for me!

Every day for the last week, I have tried to get a photo of this itty bitty yellow bird way up high in the trees...finally a few shots worth sharing. I did a search on here to make sure I had the correct identification. Whenever I have an unusual bird sighting, no doubt he has visited Ian up in Nova Scotia. Sure enough, his photos popped up from last year!

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Great shots, Sandy! Perseverance pays. I got my personal best shots of a yellowthroat just this spring. Good for you.
Al

Awesome shots Sandy. I got my first this spring. Tough little bird to get shots of.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #17014997
Great shots, Sandy! Perseverance pays. I got my personal best shots of a yellowthroat just this spring. Good for you.
Al

Thanks Al. I saw your photos, they put mine to shame!

2n10 wrote in post #17015016
Awesome shots Sandy. I got my first this spring. Tough little bird to get shots of.

Thanks John. Tough is right. They sure do love to hide in the foliage.

Congratulations on a 'newbie' for you Sandy! Great job shooting this handsome little guy!!

Great shots Sandy!!!!!!

O Sandy...Fantastic job

What a pretty bird. Great shots Sandy.

CMOats wrote in post #17015473
Congratulations on a 'newbie' for you Sandy! Great job shooting this handsome little guy!!

Thank you Cheryl. I had no idea what this bird was the first time I saw it. I assumed it was a warbler...there are a lot of yellow warblers!

TedEllis wrote in post #17015477
Great shots Sandy!!!!!!

Thanks Ted. I got quite a few...not great shots before these!

Pondrader wrote in post #17015578
O Sandy...Fantastic job

Thanks Jeff. So much inspiration on this website!

Peter2516 wrote in post #17015868
What a pretty bird. Great shots Sandy.

Thanks Peter. It really is a pretty bird, seems a shame that it doesn't have a more exciting name!

Congrats Sandy and great images to boot!

That's a great find, and good shooting on your part! Congrats.

Beautiful captures!

Common Yellowthroats have been my mission for close to a year now. They are so fast and hardly sit still so I know how good of a capture you got there! Nice one for sure.

Very nice! Congrats on the captures!

txcanon wrote in post #17016107
Congrats Sandy and great images to boot!

Thank you Brad.

Wallace River wrote in post #17016237
That's a great find, and good shooting on your part! Congrats.

Thanks Ian. For these shots he was right at eye level. Usually I had to strain my neck looking up to spot him. Trying to photograph him up that high was crazy!

PixelPusher wrote in post #17017023
Common Yellowthroats have been my mission for close to a year now. They are so fast and hardly sit still so I know how good of a capture you got there! Nice one for sure.

Thank you so much. I'm pretty much a backyard bird watcher, photographer, so if they don't come to me, I don't usually see them. I sure am glad I spotted this one when walking to my mailbox! The Pine Warbler came to my feeders earlier this spring. That was a first for me too.

5280Pics wrote in post #17017329
Very nice! Congrats on the captures!

Thank you!