{"id":54338,"date":"2018-09-28T05:21:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T11:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=54338"},"modified":"2024-08-24T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T16:26:29","slug":"plumbeous-vireos-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/09\/28\/plumbeous-vireos-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumbeous Vireos in the Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve shared photographs of Warbling Vireos here before but this is the first time that I am sharing photos of Plumbeous Vireos, these images were taken earlier this month in the Wasatch Mountains. Warbling and Plumbeous Vireos are from the same family but even though they differ in appearance they are easy for a trained eye to tell them apart in the field.<\/p>\n

\"PlumbeousPlumbeous Vireo close up – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/320, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

This Plumbeous Vireo made itself known to me when I heard it singing in a clump of shrubs next to a gravel road, for quite some time it remained nearly hidden but for a few seconds it came in close and out in the open. This photo was taken on September 3rd.<\/p>\n

The song of a Plumbeous Vireo can be heard here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PlumbeousPlumbeous Vireo on a dead hawthorn branch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I’m giving credit where credit is due…This image was taken on September 16th and for this individual I asked my friend, fellow photographer and birding guide Mark Stackhouse<\/span><\/a> for ID assistance because I was having a hard time deciding if it was a Plumbeous or a Cassin’s Vireo because its plumage was a bit confusing to me and both Cassin’s and Plumbeous can appear at the same locations in northern Utah at this time of the year. Mark and I discussed the vireo and came to the conclusion that it is a Plumbeous. Thanks for the help Mark!<\/p>\n

\"PlumbeousPlumbeous Vireo giving me a curious look – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A little later on the morning of September 16th I was able to photograph another Plumbeous Vireo perched in a tree that seemed to be giving me a curious look as I photographed it from my Jeep. I wish that it had moved up the dead branch a little bit to expose more of its body but I was still thrilled to get these images.<\/p>\n

Most of the Plumbeous and Warbling Vireos appear to have migrated from the Wasatch Mountain Canyon where I photographed these birds because on my last couple of trips up there I have neither seen nor heard them but now that I know where they are I hope to photograph more of them next year when they arrive for their breeding season.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I’ve shared photographs of Warbling Vireos here before but this is the first time that I am sharing photos of Plumbeous Vireos, these images were taken earlier this month in the Wasatch Mountains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133081,"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":[4594,6817,26,773],"tags":[4897,3940,4142,6616,5370,6566,4069,6818,2315,6716,6819,6717],"class_list":["post-54338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morgan-county","category-plumbeous-vireos","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-close-up","tag-curious-look","tag-forest","tag-hawthorn","tag-mountains","tag-plumbeous-vireo","tag-summer-3","tag-vireo","tag-vireo-plumbeus","tag-vireos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/plumbeous-vireo-adult-mia-mcpherson-9156.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-e8q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53950,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/09\/04\/warbling-vireo-with-autumn-colors-in-northern-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":54338,"position":0},"title":"Warbling Vireo With Autumn Colors In Northern Utah","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I looked up and spotted a Warbling Vireo not only out in the open plus it had gorgeous fall colors in the background. 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