{"id":61152,"date":"2018-07-12T04:46:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T10:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=61152"},"modified":"2018-07-12T11:27:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:27:34","slug":"yellow-warblers-from-yesterday-morning-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/12\/yellow-warblers-from-yesterday-morning-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Warblers From Yesterday Morning In The Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many photos\u00a0of Yellow Warblers on the ground do we see? In my experience very, very few. Instead they nearly always seem to be in trees or shrubs.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I spent most of the morning with Yellow Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains. They were slightly more cooperative than usual, possibly because they were still feeding chicks or fledglings\u00a0so they were quite adventuresome and relatively bold with me so close as they searched for\u00a0enough\u00a0small\u00a0insects to feed their presumed\u00a0youngsters.<\/p>\n

All four\u00a0of these birds may have been\u00a0the same male warbler but of that I can’t be certain.<\/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

They weren’t singing as much or as often as they were a couple of weeks ago and this is one of the few singing birds I photographed. It’s a cluttered setting but it’s natural and typical of the species and I enjoy photos of them in singing poses.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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

Instead of always gleaning small insects from leaves and being mostly buried in the trees they spent much more time hunting insects on or near\u00a0the ground (which is why they were a little easier to photograph). This apparently cut tree stem was only a few inches off the ground and the male hunted from there several times. It gave him an elevated but still close look at the ground directly\u00a0beneath him.<\/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

From there and other low perches he would hop down to pursue and\/or look for prey. I never did catch him with an insect in his bill but that was obviously what he was doing. This is the first time I remember photographing a Yellow Warbler on the ground.<\/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

This was the only time I saw him (or any of the other warblers) ‘relaxing’ for a few moments. He actually took the time to rouse on this perch (he had his eyes closed and his head was turned away so I didn’t include any of those shots) but here he’s still fluffed up after the rouse.<\/p>\n