Last weekend I joined photographer Ray Hennessey for a field trip to one of his birding spots in Woodbine in the pine barrens of New Jersey. While we had some challenges photographing the elusive pine warbler, we had no problems photographing this Prothonotary Warbler. The bird kept performing for us, stopping on sticks that poked out from the swampland and branches of the trees that lined the water.
Wooded swamps. Breeds in flooded river bottom hardwoods including black willow, ash, buttonbush, sweetgum, red maple, hackberry, river birch, and elm; or wetlands with bay trees surrounded by cypress swamp. Also nests near borders of lakes, rivers and ponds, normally only in areas with slow-moving or standing water. Winters in the tropics in lowland woods and mangrove swamps. Prothonotary Warbler on the Audubon Society website
One thing that I am learning from my bird photography field trips is the need for patience and persistence. For three hours, we stood among the trees waiting for the birds to arrive and put themselves in the right spots. There was no rushing, no bathroom break and we kept our talking to the minimum. I could imagine being out in these woods by myself, listening bird calls, to the sound of the wind in the trees and the water trickling over the stones of the nearby stream.
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 100 mm | 1?500 sec at f/4.5 | ISO5000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 196.6 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.0 | ISO3200
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 3/1000 sec at f/5.6 | ISO8000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 400 mm | 1?500 sec at f/5.6 | ISO6400
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 100 mm | 1?125 sec at f/4.5 | ISO2000
FujiFilm X-T2 | XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR @ 100 mm| 1?125 sec at f/4.5 | ISO2500
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