Yellow Warblers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Setophaga petechia

Yellow Warblers are small, uniformly yellow warblers with unmarked faces, rounded heads, tiny bills and jet black eyes. The males have reddish streaks on their underparts.

Male Yellow Warbler and Aspens in the Uinta National Forest

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-26T06:13:23-05:00July 10th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Cascade Springs, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch County, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, aspens, male, mountains, perched, Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen, Setophaga petechia, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers, Yellow Warbler|

Yellow Warblers are so bright it is not hard to see them as they flit around gleaning insects from the trees in the Uinta National Forest.

Yellow Warbler – Small in the Frame

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-26T05:45:56-05:00July 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.