Yellow But Not Mellow by Gary Fairhead
Gary Fairhead

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A Yellow Warbler and a very tiny and territorial male. They rarely stop as they glean the leaves looking for insects. At only 1/3 of an ounce and 5 inches long they can blend into the bushes and trees easily even if they are brightly colored. In a week or two they will be harder to see, A great many of them arrived recently during migration and many will continue further north. Probably the most common Warbler we have in this area and they are common all over N.A. preferring to be near wetlands and streams…I do get juveniles in late Summer in my yard as well. This one was along the river near Dunrobin ON Canada

Canon 50D and 500F4L with 1.4X TC ….ISO 400 and 1/800 sec at F7.1 Cropped for composition

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  • Jon Lees
    Jon Leesabout 2 years ago

    Thats rather cute Gary and a very nice pic!

  • Thanks Jon;-)

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Quinn Blackburn
    Quinn Blackburnabout 2 years ago

    Wow, such vivid color… beautiful portrait of this tiny Creature Teacher! :o) wishing you laughter

  • Thank you Quinn and wishing you the same :-)

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Barbara Manis
    Barbara Manisabout 2 years ago

    Fantastic capture!

  • Thanks very much Barbara!

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Lois  Bryan
    Lois Bryanabout 2 years ago

    what a beautiful little creature and a glorious photo … perfect, perfect detail!!!!

  • Thank you so much Lois:-)

    – Gary Fairhead

  • neilbrown
    neilbrownabout 2 years ago

    Love it, the background makes the yellow pop even more.

  • Many thanks Neil and yes excatly….I took many photos of this species in several different areas over many hours yesterday but the ones with this background were by far my favourites for exactly that reason.

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Bradley Nichol
    Bradley Nicholabout 2 years ago

  • Many thanks for the feature Bradley!

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Louise Linossi Telfer
    Louise Linossi...about 2 years ago

    how bright and happy looking,, you have a knack of taking extraordinary photos

  • Thanks very much Louise …very much appreciated :-)

    – Gary Fairhead

  • BigCatPhotos
    BigCatPhotosabout 2 years ago

    This is just exceptional. Stunning work.

  • Thanks for the very nice comment!

    – Gary Fairhead

  • Monte Morton
    Monte Mortonabout 2 years ago

    Stunning shot Gary, nicely captured!

  • Thanks Monte!

    – Gary Fairhead

  • David Owens
    David Owensabout 2 years ago

    Fantastic capture!

  • Thanks David!

    – Gary Fairhead