“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” / -Michelangelo
2009 06 27 Featured in the Group ‘Songbirds of North America’ Add Beve to Your Watchlist Yellow-rumped Warbler: Breeds from northern Alaska, northern Manitoba, central Quebec, and Newfoundland south and west to northern Mexico and east to Michigan, northern New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. Spends winters from the southern part of its breeding range southward into the tropics. A highly adaptable bird found in a variety of habitats including coniferous forests, mixed woodlands, deciduous forests, pine plantation, bogs, forest edges, and openings. In the winter, it is often found in brushy thickets of bayberry and wax myrtle.
Linoleum block print with some cleaning up in Photoshop
The yellow rump warblers are coming to my patio birdbath and just hanging out with the other birds that are enjoying the feeders. It’s a joy to be this close to them. I sit in my blind and they land on top of it, making little scratchy noises with their tiny claws as they hop over my head. Too much fun!
A yellow rump warbler is scanning the skies and seems to be wondering, “Is anybody up there?” Or maybe he’s assuring us, “There certainly is Somebody up there!”
Red Tailed Hawk with a view
A male warbler takes aim for a winter feeder in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, January 2009.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39 (Neighborly birds are a tufted titmouse and a warbler).
Thanks to John Radosevich and Glenda Remaklus, I now have warblers coming to my feeders. John and Glenda gave me the idea of making my own suet instead of using the store bought variety, and it has made all the difference in the world. Evidently, birds appreciate “home cooking” better than packaged foods! Before I tried their suggestion, I saw warblers only from a distance, but now they are regulars at the feeding stations. I’m so thrilled to be able to view these darling little songsters up close, so I’m dedicating this image to “Uncle John” and “Aunt Glenda” who made it all possible. Thanks a million from the warblers and me!
Have I gone crazy? I couldn’t resist this! I hope the warbler forgives me and I hope you do too! My husband Tommy usually raises a disapproving eyebrow on nutty stuff like this but he said, “I kind of like that one.” So, I thought that might be my green light to risk uploading this and hope it makes somebody laugh! Party time, everybody! I promise I’ll upload the photo “sans le chapeau!”
I was surprised to watch this yellow rumped warbler as it guarded its stash at the suet log. Much like the hummingbird which is combative and territorial, this little warbler was a feisty combatant to other birds that tried to grab a bit of peanut from the feeders. Like all warblers, this little songbird has a melodious voice that fills the air. I believe this is what is called the “Myrtle form” of the yellow-rumped warbler).
Salisbury Beach, MA http://lloydsjourney.smugmug.com/gallery/7261574_izJ7G
This yellow rumped warbler guards the suet log as vigilantly as a combative little hummingbird guards the nectar feeder. He has a distinctive “tsk tsk” call that announces his coming so it’s never a surprise when he shows up. This is the first year I’ve been privileged to see warblers at the feeders. I give John Radosevich credit for that because of his peanut butter suet recipe which is a big hit with the warblers. They can’t get enough of it! In addition to the yellow rumped warblers, I’ve seen pine warblers and yellow warblers, all enjoying the treats. Still no woodpeckers, though. Maybe one day they’ll come closer . . .
This yellow rumped warbler loves to eat the peanut butter suet on my patio, but it must make him thirsty because he always hops down from the feeder to get a tiny sip of water in the birdbath before dashing off to his next assignment. I was happy to catch that little droplet of water on his bill.
Last spring I got the opportunity to join a friend at a banding station here in Colorado, where she sometimes volunteers. The birds are banded, measured, weighed, and examined, before they release them, as soon as possible. This is a Yellow Warbler. / Nikon D80, 18-135 mm lens / f/7.1, 1/125 sec, ISO 200, focal length 135 mm
A 5 inch bird from head to tail. They flit about quickly at mid level seeking insects. Nests are cup shaped and built in a fork of a shrub or tree. Their eggs are a beautiful blue with brown markings. They tend to favour leaves of a bright green/yellow colour that naturally camoulflages their bright colour. The males have reddish streaks on the chest. / Photo taken May 29/09, Presqui’le Provincial Park, Brighton,ON / I have cropped this image as this particular little bird is quite small but he can sing so loud you would think he was huge. / /
Featured in Alphabet Soup – Aug 1st, 2009 / Featured in Songbirds of North America – July 3rd, 2009 / Featured in For the love of Canon – June 10th, 2009 The Cape May Warbler breeds across the boreal forest of Canada and the northern United States, where the fortunes of its populations are largely tied to the availability of spruce budworms, its preferred food. Striking in appearance but poorly understood, the species spends its winters in the West Indies, collecting nectar with its unique curled, semitubular tongue. Male Description: / Breeding (Alternate) Plumage: Chestnut or orange-brown cheek patches, contrasting with bright yellow sides of neck. Throat and breast yellow with crisp black streaks. Rump bright yellow. Crown and nape blackish. Narrow black stripe through eye. Back olive with black streaking. Large white patch in wing. White under tail. Nonbreeding (Basic) Plumage: Duller overall, with less distinct facial markings. / Female Description: / Breeding (Alternate) Plumage: Head and back olive-gray. Sides of neck, throat, and breast pale yellow. Streaks on breast and sides narrow and gray. Rump yellow. Two wing bars on each wing. Nonbreeding (Basic) Plumage: Duller and less olive. Streaking less distinct. / Immature Description: / Similar to adult. Immature females may be extremely dull gray overall, with only a hint of yellow on the rump. / (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cape_May_Warbler/id) / Photographed in a friend’s backyard in Anola, Manitoba, Canada. Canon XSi, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO-200, focal lenght 300mm
Copyright © 2009 Linda Apple / “Proud – Baby Warbler” / oil on canvas / animal portrait art-bird’s eye view Well, here is another of my little birds. I think he looks very proud.
Common Yellow Throat ~ Female / Certainly next to delightfulness as the black capped chickadees in my book! / A small songbird with a big personality! / Sony a700 70-200mm f/2.8 lens / 200mm f/4.5 1/1000 ISO400 Manual Slight Crop
A composite of several images, lighting and textures…Bird is a juvenile common yellow throat warbler ~ male. / Sony a700 / ~ Enjoy Compliments of Wayne Cook / Sweet lips upon a chorus sing, / Trembling notes for a moment, / Breath of wish, glance into a morning, / Taken one second out of ten thousand, / Silences of ears within a feathered bone, / Remove only the exquisite time, / And repeat the wish again, / I would hear your call amid, / Rustlings of the leaves, / Scattered before the raucous breeze. / Just wishful…. / Thank you Wayne!
The woods are filled with the music of songbirds in summer. One marvelous singer is the American Goldfinch, a beautiful little bird that is widespread over North America. This female has been enjoying the ripe berries of late summer. For more information and to hear the song of this bird, click here. Image captured near Vancouver using a Nikon D300, Nikkor f4 600 mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter, ISO 400, -0.67 EV, f10, 1/800s.
Yellow Rump Warbler ~ Dendroica coronata ‘Audubon’ / Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge / Spokane County ~ Washington / Sony a700 70-200mm f/2.8 lens / 200mm f/5 1/2000 ISO400 Manual Slight Crop / ~ Enjoy
Common Yellow Throat ~ Male Inmature / Hauser Lake ~ Idaho / Sony a700 70-200mm lens
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