Orange-crowned Warbler – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Orange-crowned Warbler In Fall Migration

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-27T05:15:10-06:00November 27th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, fall, fall migration, leaves, Leiothlypis celata, migrating, migration, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, screenshot, sky, tree, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers|

The last time I wrote about this species I said that I was feeling Orange-crowned Warbler deprived. Just a few days later I had this beauty in my viewfinder.

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Fall Orange-crowned Warbler In A Greasewood

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-27T04:19:43-05:00September 27th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah|Tags: autumn, fall, Greasewood, Leiothlypis celata, marsh, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, shrub, sky, warbler, warblers, wood-warbler, wood-warblers|

At Farmington Bay WMA last week I found an Orange-crowned Warbler that played hide-and-seek with me for a while before popping out into the open.

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Messy Orange-crowned Warbler Plus Canada Thistles

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-07T07:30:26-05:00August 7th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, blooming, branch, Canada Thistle, canyon, Cirsium arvense, damp, down, Leiothlypis celata, Lettuce from hell thistle, looking, mountains, non-native, nonnative, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, purple wildflowers, riparian habitat, summer, thistle, thistles, warbler, warblers, wildflowers, willow thicket, willows, wood-warblers|

My subject was actually a slightly messy Orange-crowned Warbler perched on a branch looking down at the ground.

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Spring Orange-crowned Warbler

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-19T04:56:48-05:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: Orange-crowned Warblers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, Leiothlypis celata, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, spring, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers, wood-warblers|

I was happy to spot and photograph my first of season Orange-crowned Warbler yesterday morning high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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I Finally Photographed The Crown Of An Orange-crowned Warbler

By Mia McPherson|2021-02-27T15:32:10-06:00July 22nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, bathed, crown, Leiothlypis celata, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, seep, showing, thicket, visible, warbler, warblers, willow, wood-warblers|

I could wish that the Orange-crowned Warbler didn't look as messy as it does but I am just so glad to have taken even one image where the orange crown is visible that I would toot a horn if I owned one.

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Messy Looking Orange-crowned Warbler Foraging In Willows

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-18T16:52:45-05:00July 15th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Orange-crowned Warblers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, foraging, Leiothlypis celata, messy, mountains, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, summer, thicket, warbler, warblers, willows|

I've been looking for Orange-crowned Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains to get better images of them this year and so far my best chance has been with this messy looking one I saw and photographed yesterday.

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An Orange-crowned Warbler Foraging on Utah Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-15T06:10:15-05:00March 3rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, curious, foraging, hatch year, Leiothlypis celata, Orange-crowned Warbler, ripe, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers|

This Orange-crowned Warbler was only in my viewfinder for about a minute but she gave me great views and quite a few different poses to photograph and I was delighted with the photos I took.

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Orange-crowned Warbler Foraging in the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-18T17:02:02-05:00October 28th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, foraging, Leiothlypis celata, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific, ripe, serviceberry, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers|

I was looking through some of the images I took in August and came across this photo of an Orange-crowned Warbler foraging in the Wasatch Mountains and realized I hadn't processed or shared it yet.

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Morgan County Orange-crowned Warbler

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-12T09:23:33-06:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, Leiothlypis celata, Orange-crowned Warbler, peeking, serviceberry, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers|

This Orange-crowned Warbler probably wasn't peeking out of the serviceberry shrub at me, it was more than likely looking at the ripe fruit just in front of its bill.

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Orange-crowned Warbler Feeding On Utah Serviceberry Berries

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-12T09:30:37-06:00August 6th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Orange-crowned Warblers, Shrubs, Utah|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, feeding, female, first year, hatch year, Leiothlypis celata, mid morning, mountain canyon, mountains, Orange-crowned Warbler, perched, perky, serviceberry, summer, Utah Serviceberry, warbler, warblers|

The Orange-crowned Warbler gave me quite a few different poses and I was happy to take photos of her and the Utah Serviceberry shrub while she moved around.

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