{"id":59922,"date":"2018-06-07T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T10:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=59922"},"modified":"2018-06-07T04:59:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T10:59:48","slug":"yellow-warbler-in-the-uinta-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/yellow-warbler-in-the-uinta-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Warbler In The Uinta Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I posted a few Yellow Warbler\u00a0images that were taken in the Wasatch Mountains on May 30. I took the photos below on the next day in the Uinta Mountains. Given my pathetic\u00a0track record with the species I’d say I’m on a roll with Yellow Warblers.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 1000, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This bird was a completely unexpected visitor while I was photographing Tree Swallows and House Wrens at their nest cavities in an aspen tree. I think it might have been curious about my pickup and the clicking sounds coming from within so it\u00a0flew over to check us out.<\/p>\n

I’m not happy at all with the diagonal branch in front of its face but I do like the bird and that loop of aspen catkins at lower right\u00a0tickles my fancy. I think the catkins are attractive and they add an interesting touch to the image, even\u00a0though they block our view of some of the warbler.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 1000, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This shot was taken as the warbler prepared to jump down to a lower perch. Somehow the curved branch behind the head doesn’t bother me as much as it did in the previous image. That’s probably because the great light on the face and the\u00a0intense eye contact keep my eye focused on the bird.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 1000, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And here’s the warbler on the lower perch with another strand of catkins at upper right. The almost white part of the background might not be ideal but it’s a relatively\u00a0clean shot of a Yellow Warbler in a tree and for me that’s an absolute\u00a0rarity.<\/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

About a year ago\u00a0I was able to photograph a female Yellow Warbler feeding aphids to her fledgling. I’ve been looking for fledglings for the last\u00a0couple of\u00a0weeks but so far without any luck.<\/p>\n

If I find any perhaps this time I’ll get a catch light in the eye of both fledgling and parent.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Last week I posted a few Yellow Warbler images that were taken in the Wasatch Mountains on May 30. I took the photos below on the next day in the Uinta Mountains. Given my pathetic track record with the species I’d say I’m on a roll with Yellow Warblers.<\/p>\n

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