Curious Yellow-rumped Warbler in a tree – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
Yesterday morning I enjoyed having this Yellow-rumped Warbler pop into an open area of a leafy tree at Farmington Bay WMA for a few seconds. This was the best view I had of one of these warblers all morning long. The other Yellow-rumped Warblers were foraging deep in the shadows of the leaves. Even though I didn’t take photos of those warblers foraging I had fun observing them.
Yellow-rumped Warbler in a leafy tree – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
In the next few weeks I should have more opportunities to photograph Yellow-rumped Warblers in the valley. I should be able to find them in the trees next to the Jordan River close to home.
Yellow-rumped Warblers are able to switch from an insect based diet to berries in the fall which means they often hang around longer than the other warblers that breed here.
I am always happy to have these warblers in my viewfinder.
Life is good.
Mia
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I am glad you had this charmer in your viiewfinder too.
Excellent photographs!
We should start seeing them appear any day now. Yesterday we saw our first Palm Warblers of the fall migration season, so their cousins shouldn’t be too far behind.
Butterbutts are winter birds here, and one of my favorites.