Common Yellowthroat, male
Geothlypis trichas
Common Yellowthroat · Green-Wood Cemetery · 17 May 2026
A male Common Yellowthroat in the leaf litter at Green-Wood in May, one of the few warblers confident enough to work right down at ground level rather than staying up in the foliage. It breeds in wet thickets and marsh edge across the whole continent, and a cemetery with a pond and a bramble patch will hold a pair.
The black mask is worn only by males and is close to unmistakable once seen. The song, a rolling "witchety-witchety-witchety", is often the first clue to one being nearby, well before it shows itself.
Birds, insects, plants and other wildlife, mostly from Brooklyn, with some from further afield.
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