Male Yellow Warbler hanging from an aspen – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Last year on the last day of May I was up in the Uinta Mountains where I photographed a moose up close, Chipping Sparrows gathering nesting materials, nesting House Wrens, nesting Tree Swallows and because life got busy I’d forgotten about another bird I photographed while I was there until I opened the folder with the images I had taken that day.
The other bird I photographed that day in the high Uintas was a gorgeous male Yellow Warbler foraging in an aspen tree very close to where I sat inside a “mobile” blind at the edge of a dirt road. I took about fifty images of the warbler as he foraged in the bright sunshine but only a few turned out because the breeze that day kept blowing the aspen leaves in front of the bird. This photo turned out nicely and there weren’t any leaves in front of the Yellow Warbler that was hanging nearly upside down from a branch. The warbler took off and moved to another closer but higher branch not long after I took this image.
There is still a lot of snow this year up in the area of the Uintas where I photographed this Yellow Warbler last spring and I am wondering if that has slowed down the nesting season up there at all. I’d sure love to get up there soon and see if I can locate more nesting sapsuckers, wrens, swallows and warblers to photograph this year. Photographing few moose would delight me too!
Life is good.
Mia
Click here to see more of my Yellow Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.
I kept this post short and sweet (what could be sweeter than a glorious Yellow Warbler) because there is finally a chance I can get out to photograph birds this morning… if the clouds cooperate that is.
Phenomenal image, so sharp! These are one of my favorite birds but difficult to photograph because of size and flitting from branch to branch. Great job once again.
Love that bright yellow! Just think how wonderful it will be when you finally get up to the mountains.-in some conditions birds don’t lay eggs, so I can see that they may be later in nesting. Hope it all works out.
Wonderful image of sunshine on the wing!!! These little yellow bits of red streaked sunshine hold a special place in my heart. Seeing them reminds me of a magical time in some very special mountains…
You had forgotten that little charmer?
You are spoilt.
Have a great day.
I hope you have a pocket of sun and cooperative birds.