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This female or immature Wilson’s Warbler isn’t a photographic lifer for me but it is the first time I have gotten a decent image of one, most of the time I’ve gotten blurry images of them of just a small part of the bird.<\/p>\n

\"Female\/immatureFemale\/immature Wilson’s Warbler – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/125, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not sure whether this is a female or an immature male that was hatched this year but it caught my eye as it foraged in a shrub along side of a gravel road yesterday in Box Elder County<\/span><\/a>. I was lucky to get a few photos of it where there weren’t shadows from the shrub criss-crossing the warbler’s body. Even in the shade this was one very bright yellow bird. I kept hoping the warbler would come out into the open in the sunlight but unfortunately I saw it fly away.<\/p>\n

In adult males the black cap of Wilson’s Warblers is very obvious, in females and immature birds it is more of an olive cap. The cap of this bird seems a bit darker to my eye than the female Wilson’s Warbler photos I compared this one to which is why I have labeled this one female\/immature.<\/p>\n

I used to see these birds at home in the spring outside of my window where they would glean insects or insect eggs from a small shrub that used to be there. That shrub died a few years ago and I miss seeing and hearing these wood-warblers at home.<\/p>\n

I also spotted a Cassin’s Vireo yesterday morning and took my “lifer” photos of it. I didn’t see the vireo fly away, it just moved deeper into the trees I found it in. I would have sat a long time to get high quality photos of it out in the open much like I did when I photographed the Baltimore Oriole I found a few weeks ago. I wasn’t driving myself that day though. I’m growing quite fond of vireos.<\/p>\n

Fall migration is happening right now and there are so many opportunities to photograph species of smaller birds that I haven’t photographed before that are moving through the state. I’ll be looking for them.<\/p>\n

The biting insects are still a problem for me because some nasty mosquitoes bit my head up yesterday, I will be SO glad when cooler weather arrives and all the blood suckers stop pestering me.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Wilson\u2019s Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This female or immature Wilson’s Warbler isn’t a photographic lifer for me but it is the first time I have gotten a decent image of one, most of the time I’ve gotten blurry images of them of just a small part of the bird. 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