Well the long anticipated Bird Week 10 is here. We are in double digits so it is fitting that we do 2 birds photos every day!. There must be bells pealing celebrations in the hills and valleys still no need to send extra funds. All of these were taken early in December on a weekend jaunt with four photographers and it was a lot of fun. Most of the birds I hoped to see, I did not or they were at a great distance. So I shot more tiny birds and there are not many song birds smaller than the Yellow-rump Warbler also known as the Myrtle Warbler. It is ubiquitous this time of year and you can pretty well count on the fact that a small darting bird here in December will be another one of these. Their song is beautiful but they don’t sing too much in the winter. Still love to see them flocking around the trees and bushes and adding the color of their bright yellow feathers to the rather drab winter foliage.
Oh, and there will be a startling announcement at the end of the week.
A more subtile colored female
The brighter male warbler.