{"id":58375,"date":"2019-06-05T04:45:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58375"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:34:29","slug":"two-willow-flycatcher-photos-i-am-happy-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/05\/two-willow-flycatcher-photos-i-am-happy-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Willow Flycatcher Photos I Am Happy With"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WillowWillow Flycatcher and a bright blue sky – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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On May 31st I wrote about Willow Flycatchers and how I could ID them<\/span><\/a> because I heard their two part FITZ-bew calls, how one of them seemed to have a favorite perch and that I wanted to go back to see if I could get better photos of it.<\/p>\n

I did go back the next day and took some photos I was happier with but I still had one bright, out of focus branch behind the flycatcher’s head in those photos so I was reluctant to share them.<\/p>\n

My hope was that I could still get better photos of the bird if I went back to the same area and tried again.<\/p>\n

\"WillowWillow Flycatcher on a clear day – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though I have seen the Willow Flycatcher on the same branch many times now I am not able to get a better angle on that “favorite” perch because of other branches that are in the way.<\/p>\n

By observing the flycatcher I can tell that the area surrounding that perch is the flycatcher’s territory and it shows up there quite often.<\/p>\n

I knew I just needed to be ready when the flycatcher perched out in the open to take the photos I could be happy with and yesterday I’m glad to say that happened.<\/p>\n

The Willow Flycatcher<\/span><\/a> perched out in the open high on a shrub with a clear blue sky in the background and I didn’t even mind the foliage and branches behind and above the bird.<\/p>\n

I guess I could say that I had to work at getting these images but truly it was more fun than work.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The Willow Flycatcher perched out in the open high on a shrub with a clear blue sky in the background and I didn’t even mind the foliage and branches behind and above the bird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1731,26,773,3805],"tags":[4004,2069,4897,3807,5241,6561,3808,4884,6583,4104,6188,6308,3806],"class_list":["post-58375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-willow-flycatchers","tag-adult","tag-blue-sky","tag-branch","tag-empidonax-traillii","tag-empids","tag-favorite-perch","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-leaves","tag-perched","tag-shrub","tag-territory","tag-willow-flycatcher"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t