{"id":87738,"date":"2021-05-15T05:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T11:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=87738"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:06:09","slug":"bluebells-currants-warblers-and-a-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/15\/bluebells-currants-warblers-and-a-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebells, Currants, Warblers And A Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TapestryTapestry of Mountain Bluebells \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I spent my morning up in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> yesterday and came home with photos of bluebells, currants, warblers, and a duck. Mountain Bluebells have begun to bloom and I took this photo of them from across a creek. My images of the bluebells reminded me of an intricate and colorful tapestry.<\/p>\n

\"FloweringFlowering Golden Currant \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I noticed that the Golden Currants were beginning to bloom in the high country so yesterday I took a few photos of their bright, yellow blossoms.<\/p>\n

\"GoldenGolden Currant in bloom \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Golden Currants that are blooming now provide nectar for bees and hummingbirds. Later in the season when the currants are ripe they will also be food for birds fueling up for migration. The ripened currants will be food for chipmunks and squirrels too.<\/p>\n

\"CreeksideCreekside Northern Yellow Warbler male singing \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Practically everywhere I went yesterday morning I heard Northern Yellow Warblers singing and calling. I took this image of a male Northern Yellow Warbler singing on a stump next to a creek. The stump shows signs of damage done by another creature. Beavers have chewed the branches off to either create a dam or for food.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Northern Yellow Warbler perched on the fork of two branches \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Female Yellow Warblers also found themselves in my viewfinder yesterday morning. This one was perched high up in a clump of willows with her head slightly titled. Maybe she was watching a male Yellow Warbler singing or perhaps she was watching me.<\/p>\n

\"DrakeDrake Mallard bathing in an alpine creek \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There were also a few drake Mallards in one of the locations I sat at and they were preening and bathing in the cool waters of a creek. I enjoyed photographing this drake as he bathed and shook water droplets all over the place.<\/p>\n

These photos represent just a few of the highlights of my morning in the mountains.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Northern Yellow Warbler photos and here<\/span><\/a> for more Mallard images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent my morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday and came home with photos of bluebells, currants, warblers, and a duck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161568,"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":[27,965,4594,2281,5346,1731,26,773,5347],"tags":[4004,6480,4237,5109,4373,11625,6627,6098,7353,7155,4897,6577,3940,3843,11624,7534,7159,4717,4483,1129,126,4070,6518,2217,11623,7253,4062,1604,7951,10139,10136,4069,3887,4104,5064,5070,7252,5906,2282,6188,4179,165,5113,11626,3888,3889,3996,5110,4307,5063],"class_list":["post-87738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-mallards","category-morgan-county","category-yellow-warblers","category-shrubs","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-adult","tag-alpine","tag-anas-platyrhynchos","tag-bath","tag-bathing","tag-beaver-damage","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blossoms","tag-blue-wildflowers","tag-branch","tag-branches","tag-canyon","tag-creek","tag-creekside","tag-currant","tag-currants","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-female","tag-flowering","tag-flowers","tag-fork","tag-golden-currant","tag-male","tag-mallard","tag-mallards","tag-mertensia-ciliata","tag-mountain-bluebells","tag-mountains","tag-yellow-warbler","tag-perched","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-purple-wildflowers","tag-ribes-aureum","tag-riparian-zone","tag-setophaga-aestiva","tag-shrub","tag-singing-2","tag-spring","tag-stump","tag-tapestry","tag-warbler","tag-warblers","tag-water","tag-water-droplets","tag-wildflowers","tag-yellow-wildflowers"],"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