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<\/p>\nTwo days ago I found another mixed flock of songbirds in the mountains. This male Yellow Warbler was one of them.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n It might seem like he was singing in celebration of the bountiful berries all around him but he wasn’t feasting on berries, although Yellow Warblers sometimes do. Instead, he was gleaning tiny insects from the foliage and just decided to break out into song for a moment.<\/p>\n I suppose it’s kind of a cluttered setting but the background directly behind the bird is mostly clean, I enjoy having berries in my photos and I like the fact that he’s singing. But perhaps the thing I appreciate most about the photo is the good look we have of his dorsal plumage patterns and colors.<\/p>\n I think this pose reveals a lot about the physical features of Yellow Warblers but I’ll admit to being slightly confused about one of them. Male Yellow Warblers typically have black bills but his bill doesn’t look black to me.<\/p>\n Maybe this is a juvenile. Juvies have pinkish-buff bills.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two days ago I found another mixed flock of songbirds in the mountains.<\/p>\n