Birds with significant Yellow

Tanagers – Thraupidae

This female Summer Tanager likes to dine on bees and wasps. Compare with female Scarlet Tanager.

Female and first-year male Western Tanagers are very similar in appearance.

Wood-Warblers – Parulidae

The Blue Winged Warbler will hybridize with the Golden-winged Warbler.

The female Hooded Warbler has only a hint of the black hood.

The Prothonotary Warbler has a powerful song for such a small bird ( 5.5 inches long)

The female Wilson's Warbler does not have a black cap.

The Yellow Warbler is often parasitized by the Brown-headed Cowbird. Female Yellow Warblers and Wilson's Warblers are very similar in appearance.

Blackbirds – Family Icteridae

Western Meadowlarks have a more musical song than their look-alike Eastern Meadowlark cousins.

Finches – Fringilidae

The American Goldfinch looses its bright yellow color in the fall.

Evening Grosbeak populations seem to be falling rapidly.