 |
Wildlife
- Birds - |
Common Yellowthroat
(Geothlypis trichas) B/M |
 |
RANGE: Breeds from southeastern Alaska to
northern Alberta and Newfoundland south to northern Baja
California, Mexico, and southern Texas, the Gulf Coast and
southern Florida. Winters along the Pacific Coast, from northern
California across southern Arizona, central Texas, and southern
Arkansas to the Gulf States, and along the Atlantic Coast from
New Jersey, Virginia, and Delaware to Florida; also in the
Bahamas, West Indies, Mexico, and Central America.
STATUS: Common to abundant.
HABITAT: Typically inhabits areas with a mixture of dense, lush
herbaceous vegetation with small woody plants (mainly shrubs and
small trees), in damp or wet situations. Occasionally found in
dry thickets or dense undergrowth in open woodlands.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Dense growth of low vegetation.
Strongest nesting habitat associations along the edges of
freshwater marsh and in streamside wetland and shrubland.
NEST: Builds a bulky cup nest of grass, leaves, and bark, well
hidden on the ground in a grass tussock or similar vegetation.
Occasionally locates nest in shrubs or a tangle of briars up to
3 feet above the ground.
FOOD: Gleans insects and spiders from leaves of shrubs, grasses,
and forbs.
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, Griscom and Sprunt 1979,
Hofslund 1959, Low and Mansell 1983, Miller 1999, Shunk 2004,
Stewart 1953, Terres 1980. |
|
 |
|
