Female And Male Yellow Warbler Images

Low light adult male Yellow Warbler taking a break – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/250, ISO 2000, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light

Two mornings ago I spent a few moments taking female and male Yellow Warbler images that were in a willow thicket next to a creek high in the mountains.

The first Yellow Warbler I photographed was the male who was taking a break from finding food for his young. Regrettably the sun hadn’t come up over the mountain tops when he landed on a branch in the willows. I pushed my ISO up enough to get sharp photos of him because he looked so cute.

Yes, cute. I thought that he was as cute as a lemony yellow plush animal on the shelves of a toy store. When he looked at me with his dark eyes I felt the child within me marvel at his fluffy cuteness.

Female Yellow Warbler with food for her young – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/800, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light

Twenty-three minutes later the sun had risen above the mountain tops and the willows were bathed in lovely morning light. That is when the female Yellow Warbler landed in front of me without making a sound. Her bill was filled with unknown insects that she was taking to her young whom I could hear begging. The young warblers were hidden from my view by the multitude of thick willow branches. It was easy to see that she was being a good provider to her chicks.

These two Yellow Warblers may be the same adults whose nest I found and photographed earlier this spring in this same thicket. I can’t be 100% sure about that but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were.

Life is good.

Mia

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