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Palm Warbler, Maine

October 15, 2022 Ellen Jennings Leave a comment

On my recent trip to Maine I was amazed to witness some warbler migration. I grew up near where these were taken and don’t remember ever seeing anything like the hundreds of birds I saw in the vicinity including a variety of warblers and finches.

The mowed lawn seen above was backed by a field of “weeds” that were bursting with all sorts of seeds and flying insects–a song bird buffet.

I had not taken my long lens on this trip and could not get close enough to most of them with the 18-200mm; this one fellow seemed a bit more curious.

This particular bird is much more colorful than the Palm Warbler I had photographed a few days before in Charleston, SC.

ID by Cornell Lab’s Merlin App

Penobscot County, Maine
September 16, 2022

Songbirds

Palm Warbler

October 14, 2022 Ellen Jennings 1 Comment

I had seen this Palm Warbler skittering ahead of me down the trail and given up hope of photographing it in the thick underbrush. Then he landed in this dead tree.

He looked around…

Staying put for about 3 seconds in the spread leg position…

Then he was off…

The last I saw of him before he flew back into the undergrowth.

ID by Cornell Lab’s Merlin App

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
September 16, 2022

Songbirds

Palm Warbler, Curious

December 8, 2021 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

A Palm Warbler was doing his thing in the lower vegetation at the side of a swamp.

As you may know, warblers of all sorts are speedy and are mostly photographed exiting the spot you noticed him. Fortunately for me, this one’s curiosity slowed him down.

Then he gave me a jaunty pose.

He heard something, gave it another look, then dove into the underbrush.

ID by Cornell Lab’s Merlin App

Magnolia’s Audubon Swamp, Charleston, SC
October 18, 2021

Songbirds

Palm Warbler

October 16, 2018 Ellen Jennings 2 Comments

I had been watching some small birds flit in and out of the underbrush at the side of the road. The sun had just come up and they were hunting for breakfast in the lowest, darkest parts of the vegetation. This Palm Warbler finally took a break in the sun on a reed frond.

I was able to get a few steps closer and get a few images at a different angle before he went back to foraging.