Recognition

Other than in male alternate plumage, all subspecies are very similar. Winter, female and immature birds all have similarly greenish upper sides and are a duller yellow below. Young males soon acquire breast and, where appropriate, head coloration. Females are somewhat duller, most notably on the head. In all, the wing feathers  and tail feathers  are blackish olive with yellow edges, sometimes appearing as an indistinct wing-band on the former. Eyes and the short thin beak are dark, while the feet are lighter or darker olive-buff.

Where seen

In the mangroves on the marina and the mangroves across from the end of Adam Drive.

Jimmy’s notes

The male Yellow Warbler is easily recognized by its golden yellow plumage and rusty streaks on the breast. Females and juveniles are similar to other mostly yellow warblers. Even the legs are yellow.

Yellow Warblers and Palm Warbler are the only warblers with red streaks on their chest, but Palm Warblers have a rusty brown cap and a dark eye stripe over the eye.