The four and a half inch Yellow Throated Warbler is fairly common in eastern floodplains, swamps, and forests where they forage high up in sycamores, pines, cypresses, and oaks. Yellow Throated Warblers can be very hard to observe due to their sluggish behavior and habit of nesting up to 100 feet from the ground. Like the Northern Parula, southern birds may only nest where there is Spanish Moss. Similar to the Black and White Warbler, Yellow Throated Warblers may creep along branches or even tree trunks.

The Yellow Throated Warbler is a handsome bird, with a blue-gray cap, neck, back, and wings, a white stripe above the eye, a black mask, a bright yellow throat and breast, and a white stomach. The breast and stomach are heavily streaked with black.

Yellow Throated Warblers are most common in the southern states and Ohio River Valley. Recent trends, however, have suggested that the Yellow-Throated Warbler has extended its range north in recent years. Nests have been confirmed as far north as western New York State and southern Wisconsin. Yellow Throated Warblers winter in the Tropics, but some individuals spend the winter in southern Florida.

Yellow Throated Warblers eat insects.

Other birds that live with the Yellow Throated Warbler

Northern Parula	Wood Duck	Great Blue Heron