Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Warblers have to be among the most frustrating birds to photograph: they are tiny, move almost constantly, and spend most of their time in amongst dense foliage and branches. So mostly I photograph them to take the photos home to identify them.
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Now that it's mid May, warblers are heading to their breeding grounds. A few stop for refueling in one of my favourite woods. Quite a few love Canada because we have tons of juicy bugs for them to eat.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Don't let the name of this warbler fool you. This is a female and she looks so different from the BLUE male that for a while birders believed the male and female were different species.
One of my birding goals is to get better photos of these birds, which will take patience and a LOT of luck!
I am connecting to Stewart M's Wild Bird Wednesday HERE
54 comments:
Yes Warblers are tricky to see and even more difficult to photorraph an dyou did a good job with these shots.
Some birds just don't want their photo taken. Despite the bribes I offer them sometimes. You got a few good photos here.
Great pictures...
I need more patience to get wonderful pictures like yours.
Thank you for sharing,
Gisela
You've certainly done well to capture these.
Well I think you did an absolutely brilliant job of capturing them!
Gorgeous warblers and images. The Blackburnian is stunning. Have a happy day!
You're doing fine photographing these flitters.
I think these are beautiful photos, well done!
I need to work on my patience..I seem to be as skittish as these little birds are. Mostly I just give up too easily. Great shots.
I think you did a wonderful job capturing images of these little flitting birds.
Darla
the photos look fantastic to me.. they are beautiful birds. really beautiful
Lots of birdies today in the blogisphere. Must be spring...
They really are tricky little birds to catch and yet you always do such a good job of it EG, super series of shots here.
No way they can elude you!
So pretty though. Nice shots.
Beautiful portraits of the birds; now, all we need is the sound to make the image complete!!
so cool! have only seen a couple of varieties here over the years.
What a nice group of lovlies!
Nice photos of a pretty bird!
You do get the most beautiful captures -- of birds and everything else!!! I always look forward to your blog each day and each day your pics take my breath away!! Hope your week is going well!!
Your photos are just wonderful, and could be in a book they are so perfect! Not only are they hard to snap, they are hard to identify! At least for me. My very favorite is the Blackburnian!
Beautiful bird shots, they do like to fidget and hop around!
These pics are great, EG! I've been hearing them but haven't been able to see any clearly yet!
Good luck on your challenge. I think these are great pictures.
These pictures are great. I do understand the frustration in photographing warblers.
All of the warblers thank you for these wonderful photos! In fact, I can hear them singing down here!
Mmmm how lovely. And interesting!
They seem to get camouflaged withing the branches and leaves in the trees. Such pretty birds! Great shots!
You've captured them beautifully!
Great shots, you must have phenomenal patience..
your warblers are so coloeful and gorgeous. Ours are always hard to see with hardly no colors but forest green :)
Nice to see photos of birds that perhaps I hear, but certainly don't see in the trees. The chestnut-sided warbler is really handsome.
Nice to see photos of birds that perhaps I hear, but certainly don't see in the trees. The chestnut-sided warbler is really handsome.
Beautiful shots! I never get to see these birds.
I wish your warblers would move to our house. Fantastic photos EG, jusst loved them.
Beautiful birds and great photos.
I love seeing photos of varieties of birds that we don't have here where I live in Texas. We do have pine warblers but yours today are totally foreign to me. Thank you for broadening my horizons!
Superb shots, Tina.
If you need better luck, I wish you all the best for the next series of photos of these cuties!
Have a Wonderful Day!
Peace :)
Glad it's not just me getting frustrated by these tiny, flitty little birds! I think you got some great shots, though!
Sweet little bird.
Seem like great pictures to me!
Oh, my goodness, they are beautiful. I think your photographs are wonderful.
You have photographed them very well!
You take the best bird shots! I love seeing what you post. Your patience is amply rewarded!
It's very true. They are very difficult to photograph and they certainly don't make it easy. You've managed to get some good shots though.
They are good shots considering that they are always on the move.
I think you managed to get some awesome shots!
You are so lucky to get such wonderful birds and these are outstanding shots....
Lovely shots- birds are in general difficult to photograph...
Wonderful captures of these hard to photograph little birds.
Excellent shots. Tiny, darting birds usually are a smudge in my camera.
MB
I'd say these are good photos! What little dears. Most enjoyable
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Each warbler is so beautiful. Great photos!
Well good luck on your photography endeavors. I have trouble with the fast moving birds as well; I might as well be taking photos of my kids! The warblers are beautiful though. They are worthy of your time.
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