{"id":58936,"date":"2019-07-10T04:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58936"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:37:26","slug":"photographing-an-adult-willow-flycatcher-on-various-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/07\/10\/photographing-an-adult-willow-flycatcher-on-various-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing An Adult Willow Flycatcher On Various Branches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WillowWillow Flycatcher photographed through leaves – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems that I have spent a lot of time photographing Willow Flycatchers this year and I am happy that I have because I enjoying taking photos of these flycatchers. These flycatchers are usually more of a challenge but finding this bird’s favorite perches and its territory has helped me tremendously during this breeding season.<\/p>\n

While this photo might not appeal to everyone’s tastes it appeals to mine because I photographed the flycatcher through some leaves to get this image and those out of focus leaves created a gossamer-like appearance in front of the bird in some spots.<\/p>\n

\"WillowWillow Flycatcher in bright morning light – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

And this photo of the flycatcher appeals to me because it shows some of the habitat I find this species in and even though the branches in the background are out of focus they still say “willows” to me. I also love bright morning light on my subjects and the light in this photo was just right.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Willow Flycatcher perched on a branch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Although this photo of the Willow Flycatcher perched on a branch is simple because it is just the bird, the branch and the out of focus background it is that simplicity that I find I enjoy about this frame.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if this Willow Flycatcher<\/span><\/a> is still hanging around his favorite perches because I haven’t been out to photograph birds in nearly two weeks because of my trip back East but I plan on finding out if it still does this morning. I have a need to get out, to drive the mountain roads at a relaxed pace and look for birds again.<\/p>\n

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

By the way, I’m celebrating this morning… It was exactly ten years ago today that I drove my old, red Jeep Cherokee into Salt Lake City to begin this part of my life here in Utah.<\/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

These photo were taken on June 24th of this year.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems that I have spent a lot of time photographing Willow Flycatchers this year and I am happy that I have because I enjoying taking photos of these flycatchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134996,"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":[4004,6577,5007,3940,3807,5241,6561,3808,4884,683,6583,4099,9636,4069,4104,8301,8300,9637,6308,7414,3806,902],"class_list":["post-58936","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-branches","tag-bright","tag-canyon","tag-empidonax-traillii","tag-empids","tag-favorite-perch","tag-flycatcher","tag-flycatchers","tag-habitat-2","tag-leaves","tag-morning-light","tag-mountain-roads","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-photograph","tag-photographing","tag-relaxed-pace","tag-territory","tag-through-leaves","tag-willow-flycatcher","tag-willows"],"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