{"id":56388,"date":"2019-03-03T06:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=56388"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:40:52","slug":"an-orange-crowned-warbler-foraging-on-utah-serviceberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/03\/03\/an-orange-crowned-warbler-foraging-on-utah-serviceberries\/","title":{"rendered":"An Orange-crowned Warbler Foraging on Utah Serviceberries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UtahUtah Serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Utah Serviceberries on their own make for lovely photos when the fruit is ripe because they look juicy and delicious but when there is a bird to the frame and I am one happy bird photographer!<\/p>\n

I’ve grown weary of the gray skies and dreary weather that has kept me from going into the field and I felt like I needed a burst of green, blue and purple this morning combined with a warbler to shake off that weary feeling so I went into my archives and found these serviceberry and Orange-crowned Warbler images to share today.<\/p>\n

\"ForagingForaging Orange-crowned Warbler \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have found that Orange-crowned Warblers are much harder for me to find in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> than Yellow Warblers are so I get very excited when I spot them. Even my keen eyes have trouble seeing them when they are buried in the serviceberry shrubs because they blend into the habitat easily so when they come out into the open I am delighted to be able to photograph them.<\/p>\n

This beautiful Orange-crowned Warbler popped out into the open while she was foraging on the ripened berries and has some of the juice on her bill. She isn’t very colorful but her surroundings sure are!<\/p>\n

\"CuriousCurious Orange-crowned Warbler in a Serviceberry \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Orange-crowned Warbler was only in my viewfinder for about a minute but she gave me great views and quite a few different poses to photograph and I was delighted with the photos I took.<\/p>\n

There is a dusting of snow on the ground outside this morning and gray clouds overhead but looking at these images this morning reminds me that before too long ole man winter will take his leave and then the birds of spring and summer will arrive.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my Orange-crowned Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species. Click here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my flowers, shrubs, trees, seeds, and leaves photos.<\/p>\n

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This Orange-crowned Warbler was only in my viewfinder for about a minute but she gave me great views and quite a few different poses to photograph and I was delighted with the photos I 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