Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata) have returned in force to Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. There are still lots of leaves on the trees, though, so it is a real challenge to get unobstructed shots of them. I catch sight of them moving in and out of the foliage, but only rarely do they pop out into the open. So I patiently watch and wait.
Here are pretty clear views of Yellow-rumped Warblers that I eventually managed to capture on Wednesday. Most warblers are in our area only briefly as they make their way north in the spring and south in the autumn. Yellow-rumped Warblers, however, remain with us for much of the winter, so I may have more chances to see them better as the trees gradually give up their leaves.
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Mike Powell 
Just bumped into the migrating Warblers yesterday. 😀. Ellen does the small birds, I watched. Found ‘Butter Butts’, Yellow Throats, and a few others. 👍
It’s nice that you have so many birds, Ted, that you can get away with focusing on just the large ones. Not that I am complaining, though, because I really like your shots of the egrets, ibises, storks, and such.
Lovely captures, Mike. Glad they made it!
Beautiful images Mike!
Nice, Mike, the yellow-rumps always make me smile.