warblers

Yellow Warbler – Small in the Frame

By Mia McPherson|July 25th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, branch, clouds, male, perched, riparian habitat, Setophaga petechia, sky, small in the frame, valley, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, Yellow Warbler|

The Yellow Warbler in my image was singing along a creek lined with willows and although the bird is small in the frame I find this image appealing because of the simple lines, the bird's pose and the wonderful eye contact the bird gave me as it briefly looked towards me.

Spring fever…

By Mia McPherson|March 27th, 2011|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Cliff Swallows, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah, Western Grebes, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallow, Davis County, grebe, grebes, nature photography, nesting, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Red-winged Blackbird, Setophaga coronata, spring fever, swallow, swallows, warbler, warblers, Western Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

Spring seduces me. Refreshes me. It whispers to me softly to come outside and savor nature and wildlife.