{"id":50404,"date":"2017-08-03T04:32:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T10:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=50404"},"modified":"2017-08-03T04:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T10:39:17","slug":"yellow-warbler-fledgling-being-fed-by-a-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/03\/yellow-warbler-fledgling-being-fed-by-a-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Warbler Fledgling Being Fed By A Parent"},"content":{"rendered":"

This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from.<\/p>\n

Two days ago I spent some time photographing a family of Yellow Warblers in the mountains of Summit County. The adults made many feeding trips to at least one of the fledglings but most of the time they were buried in the foliage so it was impossible to get clear shots. This is the best feeding sequence I was able to get.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The fledgling\u00a0saw the parent coming in with food\u00a0from upper right\u00a0and immediately began to call but\u00a0it never knew\u00a0from which direction she would actually\u00a0approach or where she would land.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This time she came in from below – here we can just see her head entering the frame.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

By now the youngster was in full begging mode as the parent brought in the meal. When I looked carefully\u00a0at a big crop of this image it appeared to me\u00a0that the\u00a0adult had aphids in her beak.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And she almost stuffed those aphids clear down to the toes of the fledgling.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The adult flew off almost immediately but that didn’t stop the youngster from calling for more food. When that didn’t work…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400. f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

it flew a very short distance (perhaps two feet) to another perch and kept a lookout for another incoming meal.<\/p>\n

This encounter was a double-first for me – my first time photographing a fledgling Yellow Warbler and my first time seeing a warbler of any species feed its offspring. It was great fun.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from.<\/p>\n

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