Female Bay-breasted Warbler
Female Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Bay-breasted Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
Female Canada Warbler
Female Canada Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
Male Canada Warbler
One of my favorite warblers, a Prothonotary Warbler, was foraging in the thicket about 30 feet away from me. When it saw me try to take a photo of it, the warbler flew right up and landed in a tree about 3 feet away from me. It was so close that I had to back up on the boardwalk to get the camera to focus on it. The warbler stayed there for about five minutes, and then almost flew into me as it went to a nearby tree on the other side of the boardwalk. This bird wanted its picture to be taken!
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
One of my goals was to get photos of a Magnolia Warbler in breeding plumage. There were lots of this species to be seen and photographed.
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Female Magnolia Warbler
Female Magnolia Warbler
Male Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warblers seemed to be everywhere.
Male Yellow Warbler
Male Yellow Warbler
Male Yellow Warbler
Male Yellow Warbler
Male Yellow Warbler
Female Yellow Warbler
Female Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warblers are very rare there, but I was lucky to seen one. [upate: Mark J., Aberdeen, MD, pointed out that this bird is a female Blackburnian Warbler and not a YTW - thanks!]
Yellow-throated Warbler
Another one of my objectives was to get better photos of a Blackpoll Warbler in breeding plumage. I got several male Blackpoll photos, and Blackpoll females with and without a yellow breast wash.
Male Blackpoll Warbler
Male Blackpoll Warbler
Male Blackpoll Warbler
Female Blackpoll Warbler
Female Blackpoll Warbler
Female Blackpoll Warbler
Female Blackpoll Warbler
Female Blackpoll Warbler
Another goal was to get a good breeding plumage photo of a male Blackburnian Warbler. I was successful in getting some good female Blackburnian photos, but the male Blackburnian photos are still lacking in the quality that I would like to have.
Male Blackburnian Warbler
Male Blackburnian Warbler
Male Blackburnian Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Although I did see and photograph a Mourning Warbler in breeding plumage, the bird was very secretive, offering me only a few quick photos of it in the dark underbrush.
Mourning Warbler
I did see and photograph an unusual Black-throated Green Warbler. This species normally shows a dark olive cheek surrounding by a bright yellow border.
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
I photographed one with an almost totally yellow cheek and a black eye line, and thought perhaps that it might be a different species (Golden-cheeked) that was far from its usual range. After showing the photos to Kenn Kaufman, a renowned warbler expert who was at Magee Marsh, he said that it was probably an extreme variant Black-throated Green Warbler.
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
And here's the rest of the warblers.
Black and White Warbler (left); Northern Waterthrush (right)
Black-throated Blue Warblers; male (left); female (right)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat (left); Nashville Warbler (right)
Northern Parula
Ovenbird
Female American Redstarts
Tennessee Warbler
Wilson's Warblers; male (left); female (right)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (left); Palm Warbler (right)