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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher landing on driftwood \u2013 Canon R7, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 1250, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\nAround 8:40 a.m., a lovely little Blue-gray Gnatcatcher flew in to check out all the bird activity near and around the feeders of my friend and talented wildlife photographer, Steve Creek<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n We’ve been seeing and hearing Blue-gray Gnatcatchers in his yard for a couple of days now. This was the first time one flew in close enough for high-quality photos. The rest were simply too far away, and these are small birds.<\/p>\n I am delighted that the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher decided to land on a piece of driftwood for a few seconds. That gave me enough time to focus on it through my viewfinder and take a few images before it flew away.<\/p>\n Personally, I adore these tiny birds, even if they are flitty and hard to focus on. They are beautiful, and I love their soft calls<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier in the morning, before the sun rose, we had the Blue Supermoon, or Sturgeon Moon, in our viewfinders. I read that this lunar occurrence won’t happen again for thirty-seven years.<\/p>\n We had to wait until some thin, narrow cloud bands moved away before getting cloudless images of the Supermoon.<\/p>\n For a “blue” subject morning, I was feeling pretty happy!<\/p>\n Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n Mia<\/p>\n Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Blue-gray Gnatcatcher photos plus facts and information about this species. See more of my miscellaneous images in a gallery here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The theme for today is blue subjects: Photos of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on a driftwood perch, along with a Blue Supermoon image from early yesterday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132824,"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":[13950,27,6135,10893,13951],"tags":[4004,15614,6134,15616,1996,800,13931,9115,6147,4123,225,4246,4104,6136,4018,15615,2315,2606,8018,13966],"class_list":["post-132833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-blue-gray-gnatcatchers","category-miscellaneous","category-sebastian-county","tag-adult","tag-blue-moon","tag-blue-gray-gnatcatcher","tag-celestial","tag-driftwood","tag-full-moon","tag-garden","tag-gnatcatcher","tag-gnatcatchers","tag-landing","tag-moon","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-perched","tag-polioptila-caerulea","tag-sky","tag-sturgeon-moon","tag-summer-3","tag-super-moon","tag-urban","tag-yard"],"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![\"Blue-gray](\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blue-gray-gnatcatcher-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-3714.jpg\" "\\"Blue-gray")
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on driftwood \u2013 Canon R7, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 1250, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/blue-sturgeon-supermoon-mia-mcpherson-3474.jpg\" "\\"Blue")
Blue Supermoon – Sturgeon Moon – August 2024 \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/800, ISO 2500, -1.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n