{"id":55278,"date":"2018-12-13T06:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55278"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:08:08","slug":"yellow-warbler-looking-up-into-the-sky-missing-our-summer-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/13\/yellow-warbler-looking-up-into-the-sky-missing-our-summer-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Warbler Looking Up Into The Sky &#8211; Missing Our Summer Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-161454 size-full\" title=\"Yellow Warbler looking up into the sky, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Warbler looking up into the sky, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-warbler-serviceberry-mia-mcpherson-8328.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Yellow Warbler looking up into the sky &#8211; Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 800, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I woke late this morning because I forgot to set my alarm. That was bad enough since it might be sunny today.<\/p>\n<p>Then another site on the same server as mine was under attack and crashed the server and my database needed to be fixed before I could bring my site back on line and that took time.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m just posting this sweet, little Yellow Warbler this morning because I have been missing our summer birds. I have been missing all birds actually because it seems like forever since I have been out into the field.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Yellow_Warbler\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yellow Warbler<\/span><\/a> photo was taken in August of this year and I liked the way the bird was looking up into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry for the brief post but I have to get a move on so I can get out into the field&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/yellow-warbler-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Yellow Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just posting this sweet, little Yellow Warbler this morning because I have been missing our summer birds. I have been missing all birds actually because it seems like forever since I have been out into the field. 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