{"id":58676,"date":"2019-06-20T05:09:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58676"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:05:40","slug":"male-yellow-warbler-perched-in-a-willow-gone-to-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/06\/20\/male-yellow-warbler-perched-in-a-willow-gone-to-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Northern Yellow Warbler Perched In A Willow Gone To Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AlertAlert Northern Yellow Warbler male perched in a willow – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the willows in the Wasatch Mountains have passed the blooming stage and have set seed. The white fluff that enables willow seed dispersal is already visible and when I saw a male Yellow Warbler perched among the willow fluff I felt I had to take images of him.<\/p>\n

I love taking photos where I have a bird as my primary subject that includes the natural features found in their habitats if<\/em> I can get the bird sharp and most of the natural features too.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Northern Yellow Warbler perched among willows gone to seed – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I do not know which species of willow the warbler was perched in, according to iNaturalist<\/span><\/a> there are 17 species of native willows in the Wasatch Front! If I had more free time I would try to pin down the species but I really don’t right now.<\/p>\n

While the male Northern Yellow Warbler is small in the frame in both of these photos I think the inclusion of the habitat provides visual interest and appeal.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

While the male Northern Yellow Warbler is small in the frame in both of these photos I think the inclusion of habitat provides visual interest and appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161488,"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":[27,4594,2281,26,773],"tags":[4004,7342,4062,3887,4104,2282,3888,3889,6107,7340,7341],"class_list":["post-58676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-morgan-county","category-yellow-warblers","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-gone-to-seed","tag-male","tag-yellow-warbler","tag-perched","tag-setophaga-aestiva","tag-warbler","tag-warblers","tag-willow","tag-willow-fluff","tag-willow-seeds"],"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