{"id":106559,"date":"2022-09-27T03:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=106559"},"modified":"2022-09-27T04:19:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:19:43","slug":"fall-orange-crowned-warbler-in-a-greasewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/09\/27\/fall-orange-crowned-warbler-in-a-greasewood\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Orange-crowned Warbler In A Greasewood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Orange-crownedOrange-crowned Warbler in a Greasewood \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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. When I first spotted the warbler it was actively foraging on the interior of a Greasewood shrub. I knew that if I were patient the bird might move higher where I could see it better.<\/p>\n

My patience paid off when this warbler landed on a branch of the greasewood and looked towards me. The Orange-crowned Warbler looked very healthy compared to the Greasewood which appeared to be suffering from our prolonged drought. It should be greener than it was.<\/p>\n

\"FallFall Orange-crowned Warbler in a Greasewood \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to include this photo of the warbler because I don’t care for the out of focus leaves in the frame but changed my mind about sharing it. I liked the perky pose of the Orange-crowned Warbler, the colors of its plumage against the clear blue sky, and how it shows the form of the bird.<\/p>\n

Before long all the Orange-crowned Warblers will migrate to their wintering grounds and I am going to be a little sad about that. I certainly haven’t seen as many of this species this year as I typically do while they are here for their breeding season.\u00a0 I’m feeling a little Orange-crowned Warbler<\/span><\/a> deprived.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my Orange-crowned Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,6695,26],"tags":[970,4620,1830,6693,4094,6694,4104,1831,6188,4018,3888,3889,6491,6492],"class_list":["post-106559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-orange-crowned-warblers","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-greasewood","tag-leiothlypis-celata","tag-marsh","tag-orange-crowned-warbler","tag-perched","tag-sarcobatus-vermiculatus","tag-shrub","tag-sky","tag-warbler","tag-warblers","tag-wood-warbler","tag-wood-warblers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/orange-crowned-warbler-fall-greasewood-mia-mcpherson-6986.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-rIH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108337,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/27\/orange-crowned-warbler-in-fall-migration\/","url_meta":{"origin":106559,"position":0},"title":"Orange-crowned Warbler In Fall Migration","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The last time I wrote about this species I said that I was feeling Orange-crowned Warbler deprived. 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