Painted

1912

Published

1930

Volume

11

Plate

681c-681e

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Pacific Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas arizela

DESCRIPTION

BREEDING

RANGE

Pacific coast from southern British Columbia to southern California.

Salt Marsh Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas sinuosa

DESCRIPTION

About Lake Merced it is evenly distributed and is resident the year around, although much less in evidence during the winter months. In the short dark days of December a walk about the dreary swampland of the old rancho will often disclose the small olivedrab figure of sinuosa flitting out of sight far in advance of your approach, while the wind bears down to you its solitary chack of protest and suspicion. At this season these birds are more often heard than seen. They apparently forsake in greater part the boggy meadows where they dwelt in Summer and keep to the seclusion of the high tules standing in deep water; but with the gradual approach of Spring their incursions into the shorter grasses and out among the willows become more and more frequent, until by early February the yellow breasts and masked faces of a solitary pair may be met with like the outposts of an army, high up among the lupine bushes on the dry hillsides. The greater number, however, are content to remain close down beside the lakes in the old willowy haunts of the previous year. At this period I have once or twice heard them utter a short grating k-r-r-r-r-r in addition to their familiar chack of distrust.

It is usually not until some warm, sunny morning in late February that the clear ringing wreech-ity, wreech-ity, wreech-ity, wreech-ity, of the male is heard. This song varies considerably with the season and individual, those in early Spring often sounding sadly out of tune, and some are even rendered in a condensed form of two syllables; but the power of it rises rapidly as the year advances until by the end of March its nuptial gladness pours forth in full-throated volume. Sometimes as evening approaches, one of the little black-faced birds will leap into the air with fluttering wings and expanded tail and as it slowly tumbles down into the grass again, will execute an exquisite series of melodious runs and trills not unlike the vocal accomplishments of the Chat.

There has occurred of recent years a serious factor which may possibly, if long continued, result in permanent changes in the nest-building of these birds. It has become a custom of the Italian truck gardeners who cultivate the upper hills of Merced to make frequent excursions down to the lakes to cut the tough wire grass in which sinuosa nests, in order to use it for binding vegetables, thus economizing in cord. For this purpose the grass is collected in enormous quantities, great swathes being opened through the thickest growths and in other places entire meadows being utterly denuded. As this destruction takes place during the time when eggs and young are in the nests, it is reasonable to conclude that numbers of these are annually destroyed. As a result of this persecution the Yellowthroats are nesting less abundantly in grassy flats and adapting themselves more to life in inaccessible tules of the open lake, or else building their homes higher up toward the banks amid thickets of blackberry and willow. Certainly the number of sets found in these localities is far greater now than in former years, and in time such safety zones may be used exclusively. —Schussler.

BREEDING

RANGE

Fresh water marshes of San Francisco Bay.

Breeding of above subspecies similar to Maryland Yellowthroat.

Wax Myrtle

Myrica californica

DESCRIPTION

A tree up to 40 feet high, reduced to a shrub in southern part of its range, distributed on sand dunes and coast hillsides from Puget Sound to Santa Monica, California.

pacific-yellowthroat-salt-marsh-yellowthroat
black-and-white-warbler
Black and White Warbler
636
golden-swamp-warbler
Golden Swamp Warbler
637
swainson-warbler
Swainson Warbler
638
wormeating-warbler
Wormeating Warbler
639
bachman-warbler
Bachman Warbler
640
bluewing-warbler
Bluewing Warbler
641
goldenwing-warbler
Goldenwing Warbler
642
lucy-warbler
Lucy Warbler
643
virginia-warbler
Virginia Warbler
644
nashville-warbler-calaveras-warbler
Nashville Warbler, Calaveras Warbler
645-645a
orangecrown-warbler
Orangecrown Warbler
646
lutescent-warbler-dusky-warbler
Lutescent Warbler, Dusky Warbler
646a-646b
tennessee-warbler
Tennessee Warbler
647
parula-warbler-northern-parula-warbler
Parula Warbler, Northern Parula Warbler
648-648a
sennett-warbler
Sennett Warbler
649
oliva-warbler
Olive Warbler
650
cape-may-warbler
Cape May Warbler
651
yellow-warbler
Yellow Warbler
652
sonora-yellow-warbler-alaska-yellow-warbler-california-yellow-warbler
Sonora Yellow Warbler, Alaska Yellow Warbler, California Yellow Warbler
652a-652b-652c
mangrove-warbler
Mangrove Warbler
653
blackthroat-blue-warbler-cairns-warbler
Blackthroat Blue Warbler, Cairns Warbler
654-654a
myrtle-warbler
Myrtle Warbler
655
audubon-warbler-blackfront-warbler
Audubon Warbler, Blackfront Warbler
656-656a
magnolia-warbler
Magnolia Warbler
657
cerulean-warbler
Cerulean Warbler
658
chestnutside-warbler
Chestnutside Warbler
659
baybreast-warbler
Baybreast Warbler
660
blackpoll-warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
661
blackburnian-warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
662
yellowthroat-warbler-sycamore-warbler
Yellowthroat Warbler, Sycamore Warbler
663-663a
grace-warbler
Grace Warbler
664
blackthroat-gray-warbler
Blackthroat Gray Warbler
665
goldencheek-warbler
Goldencheek Warbler
666
blackthroat-green-warbler
Blackthroat Green Warbler
667
townsend-warbler
Townsend Warbler
668
hermit-warbler
Hermit Warbler
669
kirtland-warbler
Kirtland Warbler
670
pine-warbler
Pine Warbler
671
palm-warbler-yellow-palm-warbler
Palm Warbler, Yellow Palm Warbler
672-672a
prairie-warbler
Prairie Warbler
673
ovenbird
Ovenbird
674
brook-warbler-grinnell-brook-warbler
Brook Warbler, Grinnell Brook Warbler
675-675a
southern-brook-warbler
Southern Brook Warbler
676
kentucky-warbler
Kentucky Warbler
677
connecticut-warbler
Connecticut Warbler
678
mourning-warbler
Mourning Warbler
679
tolmie-warbler
Tolmie Warbler
680
maryland-yellowthroat
Maryland Yellowthroat
681
western-yellowthroat-florida-yellowthroat
Western Yellowthroat, Florida Yellowthroat
681a-681b
pacific-yellowthroat-salt-marsh-yellowthroat
Pacific Yellowthroat, Salt Marsh Yellowthroat
681c-681e
belding-yellowthroat
Belding Yellowthroat
682
rio-grande-yellowthroat
Rio Grande Yellowthroat
682.1
yellowbreast-chat-longtail-chat
Yellowbreast Chat, Longtail Chat
683-683a
hooded-warbler
Hooded Warbler
684
wilson-warbler-pileolate-warbler-golden-pileolate-warbler
Wilson Warbler, Pileolate Warbler, Golden Pileolate Warbler
685-685a-685b
necklace-warbler
Necklace Warbler
686
redstart
Redstart
687
painted-redstart
Painted Redstart
688
redface-warbler
Redface Warbler
690
alaska-yellow-wingtail
Alaska Yellow Wagtail
696
pipit
Pipit
697
sprague-pipit
Sprague Pipit
700
dipper
Dipper
701
sage-thrusher
Sage Thrasher
702
mockingbird
Mockingbird
703
catbird
Catbird
704
brown-thrasher
Brown Thrasher
705
sennett-thrasher
Sennett Thrasher
706
curvebill-thrasher-palmer-thrasher
Curvebill Thrasher, Palmer Thrasher
707-707a
bendire-thrasher
Bendire Thrasher
708
san-lucas-thrasher-mearn-thrasher
San Lucas Thrasher, Mearn Thrasher
709-709a
california-thrasher
California Thrasher
710
leconte-thrasher-desert-thrasher
Leconte Thrasher, Desert Thrasher
711-711a
crissal-thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
712

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