Another Prairie Warbler

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Another Prairie Warbler

May 4, 2024 by Mike Powell

I don’t know how much longer the migrating warblers will be in my area, but this past few weeks I have been trying to get outside with my camera as often as I can, hoping to be able to photograph these colorful little birds. On Tuesday I spotted a Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) in the patient and patiently tracked it as it moved about.

The first photo was a bit of an anomaly, because the warbler momentarily gave me an unobstructed view when it jumped to a high branch. The second photo gives you a much better idea of the typical challenge I face, with the warbler barely showing itself from behind the wall of foliage. Fortunately, I reacted quick and got a shot that is one of my favorites of this warbler season, which has been my most successful one to date.

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, spring, warbler, wildlife | Tagged Canon 7D, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie Warbler, Setophaga discolor, Tamron 18-400mm, warbler, Woodbridge VA | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on May 4, 2024 at 9:30 am | Reply Patricia M Osborne

Love him.
- on May 4, 2024 at 11:30 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Tricia.
on May 4, 2024 at 9:59 am | Reply Jet Eliot

Warblers are some of the trickiest songbirds to photograph, Mike. Your patience and skills paid off. Great photos.
- on May 4, 2024 at 11:29 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Jet. This really has been my most successful year ever with warblers. As you correctly noted, it’s largely due to patience (along with persistence and luck) with a bit of skills involved to take advantage of situations that present themselves.
on May 4, 2024 at 10:14 am | Reply powellm8260

i find it fascinating how you take awesome pictures
on May 4, 2024 at 4:49 pm | Reply Mitzy Bricker

Beautiful photos!

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- on May 4, 2024 at 4:55 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Mitzi. Usually I have trouble photographing birds when there are so many leaves on the trees, but this spring I have had unusually good fortunate in getting some shots of them.