Migrating Northern Yellow Warblers Have Returned
Two days ago my pulse quickened when I saw and heard my first of the season Northern Yellow Warblers while looking for birds to photograph high up in the Wasatch Mountains.
Utah’s Northern Yellow Warblers Have Taken Wing For Now
I haven't seen a Northern Yellow Warbler in northern Utah for sometime now and it is pretty safe to say that these birds has taken wing and have headed to warmer climes for the winter.
Northern Yellow Warbler In Willows
When this hatch year Northern Yellow Warbler popped out into an open area of a willow thicket in a beam of sunlight I was happy to take its photo.
Molting Northern Yellow Warbler Male With A Stubby Little Tail
Some birds that are molting can look a little odd and this molting male Northern Yellow Warbler with a stubby little tails fits that description perfectly.
Fluffed Up Adult Northern Yellow Warbler
Northern Yellow Warblers are small birds that look like feathered rays of sunshine that have come to earth and I am always delighted to photograph them
Male Northern Yellow Warbler Perched In A Willow Gone To Seed
While the male Northern Yellow Warbler is small in the frame in both of these photos I think the inclusion of habitat provides visual interest and appeal.
Flowering Serviceberries – More Blooming Bird Food
Like the chokecherries I wrote about yesterday it seems that because of our wetter than normal spring the serviceberries are also doing very well so there should be plentiful fruit for the birds to feast on before they migrate this fall.
Adult Male Northern Yellow Warbler Foraging In Catkins
Before too long I expect to hear the "peep-peep" calls of Yellow Warbler chicks begging to be fed by their parents but in the meantime I am having a blast photographing the adults that I have been seeing.
Northern Yellow Warbler High In The Uinta Mountains
The other bird I photographed that day in the high Uintas was a gorgeous male Northern Yellow Warbler foraging in an aspen tree very close to where I sat inside a "mobile" blind at the edge of a dirt road.
Female Belted Kingfisher in the Wasatch Mountains
The nicest surprise of the morning was when a female Belted Kingfisher perched on a branch close to a creek and the road.
Northern Yellow Warblers – Glimpses of Gold The Wasatch Mountains
On my second trip up into the mountains last week I was focused on a Barn Swallow perched in bushes near a creek when I caught a bit of movement in the bushes below the swallow and spotted this Northern Yellow Warbler.
2018 Year In Review For On The Wing Photography
All in all, as 2018 comes to a close I realize how fortunate I am to see all the birds that I do throughout the year as a bird photographer, to be able to do what I love and to love my feathered subjects too.
Northern Yellow Warbler Looking Up Into The Sky – Missing Our Summer Birds
I'm just posting this sweet, little Northern Yellow Warbler this morning because I have been missing our summer birds. I have been missing all birds actually because it seems like forever since I have been out into the field.
Northern Yellow Warbler With An Injured Eye
I admit that it bothered me deeply that there was nothing that I could do for this Northern Yellow Warbler as it has for the other injured birds I have seen throughout the years that I couldn't help.
Northern Yellow Warbler Photos – My Wasatch Mountain Feathered Gold Rush
I've had such an amazing time this year photographing Northern Yellow Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains and I've enjoyed learning more about them and their behaviors since early May.
Immature Northern Yellow Warbler Foraging in a Cocklebur at Bear River MBR
This spring and summer I have photographed Northern Yellow Warblers primarily in mountainous riparian habitat so when I spotted one foraging in a Rough Cocklebur two days ago in the marshes at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I was happy to take photos of it.
Birds & More Birds in The Wasatch Mountains
In the past week I have photographed so many birds in a Wasatch Mountain canyon that I thought I would share a group of them in a photo gallery.
Not So Mellow Northern Yellow Warbler Males
Northern Yellow Warblers are anything but mellow instead they are frenetic, hyperactive, frenzied, energetic and move so quickly they sometimes make me dizzy trying to track them with my long lens.
Northern Yellow Warbler Fledgling Foraging On Its Own
Imagine moving down a gravel road and seeing just a tiny flash of movement and light-colored plumage in a stand of green vegetation and trying to figure out if it is a bright leaf in the breeze or a fledgling Northern Yellow Warbler in a split second.
Photographing Northern Yellow Warblers Feeding Their Fledglings – Fun and Frustration
Yesterday I had fun and frustration while photographing Northern Yellow Warblers feeding their fledglings up in a Wasatch Mountain canyon, fun because it is always great to see them and frustration because of the setting they were in combined with a breeze.
Male Northern Yellow Warblers Singing, Eating And Looking Around
Spending time photographing Northern Yellow Warblers can try the patience of even the most patient photographer because they are so flighty, small and move quickly but it can also be rewarding when you get photos that you like.
Male Northern Yellow Warbler in Willows
This male Northern Yellow Warbler stayed at the top of a willow for quite some time but I was never able to get a completely clear view of him because a light breeze was moving the out of focus willows in the foreground around.
Male Northern Yellow Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains – Sunshine On The Wing
Yesterday morning was spent up in the mountain canyons again photographing the birds I found at the higher elevations, the birds I saw the most of were Northern Yellow Warblers, birds who look like sunshine on the wing.
Northern Yellow Warbler Perched and Foraging in a Mystery Flowering, Thorny Tree
When I had the opportunity to photograph a Northern Yellow Warbler foraging in a flowering tree I jumped at the chance. Right after I took this photo the warbler snatched a tiny insect from the flowers but I couldn't make out what it was.
Photographing Female Northern Yellow Warblers Feeding Their Fledglings
I was delighted to be able to photograph the female Northern Yellow Warbler as she fed her young and to watch the fledgling as it fluttered its wings and gulped down the food the female brought it.
Female and Juvenile Northern Yellow Warblers – Yellow Gold in the Wasatch Mountains
I have my ears and my eyes to thank for finding the Northern Yellow Warblers and their young foraging near a creek in a canyon.
Male Northern Yellow Warbler Perched on a Flowering Shrub
Someday I will get the images I desire of these dainty Northern Yellow Warblers. Bird photography is challenging and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Wasatch Mountain Range Northern Yellow Warbler
Last week while I was photographing a handsome Green-tailed Towhee in the Wasatch Mountains a bright Northern Yellow Warbler caught my eyes when it landed on a flowering shrub.
Male Northern Yellow Warbler and Aspens in the Uinta National Forest
Northern 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.
Northern Yellow Warbler – Small in the Frame
The Northern 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.