Discover Beautiful Yellow and Black Birds
The American goldfinch is common in North America, usually around suburban bird feeders. They breed in Southern Canada and the Northern United States and winter in the southern half of the United States and Mexico.
The yellow-headed blackbird is hard to ignore. With their all-black bodies, golden yellow heads, and rusty calls, this is not a species you will easily forget. They are a familiar sight during summers in the Central and Northwestern United States
If you see a vocal little bird with a black face mask hopping through dense tangles, you've spotted the common yellowthroat. These birds are olive with bright yellow throats and breasts. And their black eye mask is offset by a blurry white line that separates the face from the head.
The lesser goldfinch is an inhabitant of scrubby habitats of the West. Most populations live permanently along the west coast and the Southwest, while others breed in more northern regions (Colorado, Idaho, etc.) and winter in Mexico.
Scott's oriole is a vividly contrasting bird of the dry Southwest. They are long and slender with black heads, backs, wings, and chests, and yellow undersides. They also have white barring on their wings.
Many black and white birds live in the West, but the eastern meadowlark adorns grasslands and farms throughout most of the eastern half of the United States. They stay in their environments year-round, except for the very northern populations that move south for winter
The evening grosbeak is a wintering bird throughout most of the United States. They add splashes of bright color to winter backgrounds. Some populations, especially those in the Northwest and Canada, stay permanently in their environments.