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\"PerchedPerched Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the 11th of October<\/span><\/a> I wrote that it wasn’t often that I see Myrtle and Audubon\u2019s Yellow-rumped Warblers perched in the same tree and on that post I shared a photo of a Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler and mentioned that I wasn’t happy with the quality of that photo. After I wrote that post I headed back to Farmington Bay<\/span><\/a> and that morning I did take some photos of a Myrtle that I was happy with.<\/p>\n

\"MyrtleMyrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler in a Chinese Sumac tree \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I like the setting the Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler was in, the light and how even though there were plenty of leaves in the frame the warbler stood out well.<\/p>\n

I believe the tree it was perched in is a Chinese Sumac (Ailanthus altissima<\/em>) which were probably brought to Utah by Chinese workers when the first railroads were being built here. The roots, leaves and bark were used in traditional Chinese medicine.<\/p>\n

\"MyrtleMyrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler in morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This may be a female or an immature male Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler, I am not sure. I’m leaning towards immature male because although I see some brown tones on the back of this bird I also see grays and blacks. Adult females are brownish above whereas males are more gray.<\/p>\n

\"MyrtleMyrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler in northern Utah \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever the gender, I was delighted that the Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler perched in the tree long enough for me to take a nice series of images of it. It is a beautiful warbler and I am glad that I had it in my viewfinder!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Yellow-rumped Warbler photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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Whatever the gender, I was delighted that the Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler perched in the tree long enough for me to take a nice series of images of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,26,487],"tags":[4004,7858,7856,7842,7855,4104,698,7859,7857,3888,3889,2430],"class_list":["post-60881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","category-yellow-rumped-warblers","tag-adult","tag-ailanthus-altissima","tag-chinese-sumac","tag-myrtle","tag-myrtle-warbler","tag-perched","tag-setophaga-coronata","tag-stinking-sumac","tag-tree-of-heaven","tag-warbler","tag-warblers","tag-yellow-rumped-warbler"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/yellow-rumped-warbler-myrtle-perched-mia-mcpherson-7410.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-fPX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60774,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/11\/audubons-and-myrtle-yellow-rumped-warblers-perched-in-the-same-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":60881,"position":0},"title":"Audubon’s And Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers Perched In The Same Tree","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here in northern Utah it isn't often that Myrtle and Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warblers are found perched in the same tree but four days ago that is what happened to me.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler in early morning light, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/yellow-rumped-warbler-autumn-trees-mia-mcpherson-5756.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/yellow-rumped-warbler-autumn-trees-mia-mcpherson-5756.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/yellow-rumped-warbler-autumn-trees-mia-mcpherson-5756.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/yellow-rumped-warbler-autumn-trees-mia-mcpherson-5756.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":160899,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/10\/20\/fall-myrtle-yellow-rumped-warbler\/","url_meta":{"origin":60881,"position":1},"title":"Fall Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This photo of a Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler was taken one year ago today in Arkansas. 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