{"id":53868,"date":"2018-08-29T04:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=53868"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:03:03","slug":"yellow-warbler-photos-my-wasatch-mountain-feathered-gold-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/08\/29\/yellow-warbler-photos-my-wasatch-mountain-feathered-gold-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Warbler Photos – My Wasatch Mountain Feathered Gold Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yellow Warbler Photos<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Yellow Warbler with a dark background<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

I’ve had such an amazing time this year photographing Yellow Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> and I’ve enjoyed learning more about them and their behaviors since early May.<\/p>\n

These small birds are a challenge to photograph because they move so quickly and because they blend into their habitat so well so every time I focus on them and I am able to take a high quality photos I feel a rush, one might even say a “gold rush”.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Tiny<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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\"August<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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\"Messy<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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(click on a photo to start a slide show of these images)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This month I’ve seen immature Yellow Warblers learning how to be on their own, I’ve seen males that are messy and females that look marvelously tidy and neat. I’ve watched and photographed these small, bright yellow warblers feeding on ripe, juicy serviceberry berries and gleaning insects from foliage, flitting from one branch to another and chasing each other around in clumps of trees.<\/p>\n

All of them, young and older, are getting ready for migration now. By mid September most of the Yellow Warblers<\/span><\/a> will be gone.<\/p>\n

I’m already seeing fewer Lazuli Buntings and Orange-crowned Warblers in locations where just a week ago they were present in large numbers. I’m also seeing changes in the leaves of the trees at high elevations and just yesterday morning I saw a low of 39\u00b0F in the mountains and day time temps are dropping.<\/p>\n

I am certainly going to miss all of the migrant birds I have seen and photographed this spring and summer but honestly I am excited to see even the smallest signs that the seasons are changing.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

All images were taken using my Nikon D500 with my 500mm VR lens & 1.4x TC attached.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Yellow Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I’ve had such an amazing time this year photographing Yellow Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains and I’ve enjoyed learning more about them and their behaviors since early 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