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Image taken in the backyard approximately 12 feet from the palm stump. This little guy is my buddy and allows me to be much closer to him but my lens does not. Info from Wikipedia. To my surprise after checking out Wikipedia the count of Yellow-Throated warblers for the GBBC is 2.

 

I have not photographed the female but I have been seeing her in the thicket of the trees. She is a bit shy and I just could not ID her until this little guy took her some food yesterday and I saw images on Wikipedia. This image was taken yesterday, I have other images that were taken during the GBBC so I will use one of those for ID purposes when I upload the information.

 

Also like the bluebird diet does not mention peanuts, the diet info for this little beauty does not mention them. This guy is a little peanut pirate. He loves them!

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-throated_warbler

 

These birds breed in southeastern North America, and their breeding ranges extend from southern Pennsylvania and northern Missouri, to the Gulf of Mexico. One subspecies, from northwest Florida, is resident all year round. The other populations of this species are migratory, wintering at the Gulf Coast, eastern Central America, and the Caribbean. Vagrant wintering birds are sometimes seen in northernmost South America.[2][4]

 

The yellow-throated warbler is a woodland species with a preference for coniferous or swamp tree species, in which it preferably nests. They are insectivorous, but will include a considerable amount of berries and nectar in their diet outside the breeding season. Food is typically picked off tree branches directly, but flying insects may be caught in a brief hover.[2][5]

 

These birds build cup-shaped nests which are built in a trees, and are concealed amongst conifer needles or Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Their clutches consist of 3–5 (usually 4) eggs.[2]

 

The yellow-throated warbler is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

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