{"id":102894,"date":"2022-06-05T04:59:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T10:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=102894"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:31:59","slug":"yellow-and-macgillivrays-warbler-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/06\/05\/yellow-and-macgillivrays-warbler-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow And MacGillivray’s Warbler Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale MacGillivray’s Warbler and serviceberry blossoms \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Three days ago when I wasn’t photographing a Broad-tailed Hummingbird<\/span><\/a> I took male Yellow and MacGillivray’s Warbler photos as they chased each other around. The warblers seemed to be having a long, drawn out territorial dispute.<\/p>\n

I actually couldn’t tell who was winning because the male warblers kept at it and moved so fast.<\/p>\n

The male MacGillivray’s Warbler<\/span><\/a> seemed determined to keep the male Yellow Warbler away from the flowering serviceberry. The male Northern Yellow Warbler<\/span><\/a> was equally determined to chase the MacGillivray’s Warbler off.<\/p>\n

I’ve found male MacGillivray’s Warblers to be far more skulky than male Northern Yellow Warblers who at this time of the year perch and sing out in the open frequently.<\/p>\n

These two photos show the male warblers in the same flowering Utah Serviceberry shrub but in different parts of it.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Northern Yellow Warbler and serviceberry blossoms \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As frenetic as the movements of the male MacGillivray’s and Northern Yellow Warblers movements were I felt lucky to get these two photos of them. More often than not just about the time I was about to lock focus on the male warblers the other one would fly in and chase it away before I could fire off a shot!<\/p>\n

While neither one of these images has the warbler out in the open I still liked the photos because of the white blossoms of the serviceberry plus I enjoyed sharing these brightly colored warblers with my friend Steve<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my MacGillivray’s Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Northern Yellow Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three days ago when I wasn’t photographing a Broad-tailed Hummingbird I took male Yellow and MacGillivray’s Warbler photos as they chased each other around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,7345,4594,2281,26,773],"tags":[4004,6523,6627,6098,7353,4897,3940,6518,5889,2217,6259,10132,7346,7347,4062,4069,3887,4104,9626,6698,2282,165,6522,3888,3889,6491,6492],"class_list":["post-102894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-macgillivrays-warblers","category-morgan-county","category-yellow-warblers","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-amelanchier-utahensis","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blossoms","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-flowering","tag-flowering-shrub","tag-flowers","tag-forest-edge","tag-fruiting-shrub","tag-geothlypis-tolmiei","tag-macgillivrays-warbler","tag-male","tag-mountains","tag-yellow-warbler","tag-perched","tag-riparian-habitat","tag-serviceberry","tag-setophaga-aestiva","tag-spring","tag-utah-serviceberry","tag-warbler","tag-warblers","tag-wood-warbler","tag-wood-warblers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t