[TN-Bird] Re: Yellow-throated Warbler
- From: "THCumbie" <thcumbie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 09:26:57 -0400
David,
I have had a couple of good reasononable suggestions as to why I should keep my
out of control Butterfly Bush and I guess the fact that a Yellow-throated
Warbler was checking it out when they usually are seen in oak and sycamore
trees and high up would be another good one.
I am very familiar with the the Common Yellowthroat for they live in brushy
weedy areas and will often answer pishing calls. A delightful bird. But the
the Yellow-throated and the Yellowthroat are very different in their
descriptions. I have often seen the masked Common Yellowthroat in this bush.
This is the first time I have seen the Yellow-throated with its yellow and
white breast, its bluish back with the white wingbars, the black stripes on its
sides and the interesting white and black eye pattern. In fact at first glance
I thought of the Kentucky Warbler due to the black triangular pattern at the
eye which caught my attention first.
Peterson's Warbler Field Guide, plate 17, page 76 shows the bird...that is IT!
Exactly! But thanks for helping me to see how unusual that was to have this
bird in a bush outside my living room window. At one point it seemed to be
pulling a thin sheet of bark off the small peachtree near the window. It slung
it around two or three times and then dropped it. Then flew. I have not seen
it again. All is quiet this morning.
Tess Hughes Cumbie
Buladean, NC Mitchell County
----- Original Message -----
From: David & Gloria Patterson <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thcumbie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Yellow-throated Warbler
> Just a friendly tip: Yellow-throated Warbler and Common Yellowthroat are
> two different warbler species. Both are expected in April. Yellow-throated
> Warbler is usually in tree tops. Common Yellowthroat is usually in low
> brush.
>
> David Patterson
> Chattanooga, TN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "THCumbie" <thcumbie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:14 PM
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Yellow-throated Warbler
>
>
> > Excitement! Just after looking at the Mayhorn email with the Yellow
> Warbler in the apple tree... feeling forlorn due to the lack of warbler
> sightings in my area.. there in this bush outside my window doing its quick
> continuous movement was a warbler. I carefully moved a little closer.
> >
> > A Yellow-throated Warbler... One warbler that has not been in this bush
> before... And the very first warbler seen in my yard this season.
> >
> > The bush the Yellow-throat was feeding in is an awful looking Butterfly
> Bush. The bush came up voluntarily outside one
> > of the three living room windows...almost floor to ceiling. And it now
> covers two and is fringing into the view of the other one.
> > It not only blocks some of the view outside but it almost totally lacks
> any enhancing qualities... the limbs have no symmetry but swirl around in
> all kinds of thickness and lengths in all directions somewhat like a junk
> pile. The leaves are a grayish green without much predictability of where
> they will grow..
> >
> > I have ever reason to cut it down or at least trim it except that the
> birds love it. I frequently get close up views of warblers and other birds.
> It seems to have some food they enjoy and it is possible that due to the
> brick wall and windows on the back of the bush there is some protection for
> them.
> >
> > So will I leave the bush intact....Prune it severly or whack it down?? It
> has been here at least three seasons now. Warblers check it out frequently!
> I have a good close-up view of them. But the bush is not esthetically
> pleasing. Why do things have to be so complicated?
> >
> > Tess Hughes Cumbie
> > Buladean, NC in Mitchell County
> >
> >
> >
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