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Common Yellowthroat Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Common Yellowthroats are indeed...very common in South Dakota during the summer months. In wetland areas with dense vegetation, their songs are a common sound of summer.  They have a reputation as a skulker, a species more easily heard than seen. I haven't found that necessarily to be the case. They do normally stick to the vegetation, but they're not shy of a human presence like many birds. Hanging out in a car, for example, next to a wetland is a great way to photograph them, because they do forget about the car or the person in it, and you can often capture photos of them as they go about their daily business. The photo below is probably my favorite, given then nice clear look at the bird, the fact that's a fully mature male in its beautiful prime plumage, and the interesting background.

Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas

Common Yellowthroat 1 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 2 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 3 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 4 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 1

May 28th, 2006

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 2

May 28th, 2006

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 3

May 28th, 2006

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 4

June 15th, 2008

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 5 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 6 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 7 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 8 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 5

June 15th, 2008

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 6

June 15th, 2008

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 7

June 15th, 2008

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 8

June 15th, 2008

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 9 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 10 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 11 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 12 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 9

June 13th, 2010

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 10

June 13th, 2010

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 11

September 10th, 2011

Good Earth State Park, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 12

September 10th, 2011

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 13 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 14 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 15 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 16 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 13

September 10th, 2011

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 14

October 1st, 2012

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 15

October 1st, 2012

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 16

October 1st, 2012

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 17 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 18 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 19 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 20 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 17

May 29th, 2014

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 18

May 28th, 2015

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 19

May 28th, 2015

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 20

May 28th, 2015

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 21 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 22 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 23 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 24 - Geothlypis trichas 

Common Yellowthroat 21

September 28th, 2016

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 22

September 29th, 2016

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 23

May 21st, 2017

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 24

September 3rd, 2017

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 25 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 26 - Geothlypis trichas  Common Yellowthroat 27 - Geothlypis trichas   

Common Yellowthroat 25

September 15th, 2019

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 26

June 7th, 2020

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Common Yellowthroat 27

June 3rd, 2017

Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota

 

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