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Black-throated Green Warbler

October 10, 2008 by Corey 1 Comment

At Fort Tilden on Sunday the most cooperative Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) entertained us birders who were there in search of rarities for at least ten minutes.  We could have stayed longer, and would have, under almost any other circumstances, but we had rarities to chase and really, considering the looks and pictures we got as the bird foraged within feet of us, we couldn’t have done better.

camouflaged Black-throated Green Warbler

The bird was in a small stand of bushes, shrubs, and small trees right next to the west side of a building which meant that as we watched it the sun, low in the sky, was behind us, giving excellent light.  He hopped from branch to branch, inspecting leaves for prey, hover-gleaning, and generally putting on a show.  The three of us with cameras clicked away and I imagine that between the three of us we took at least 250 pictures.

Donna photographing the Black-throated Green Warbler

We couldn’t have asked for a more cooperative bird!

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

I particularly liked getting some shots of it hover-gleaning.

hover-gleaning Black-throated Green Warbler

hover-gleaning Black-throated Green Warbler

Not an easy bird to walk away from, but we managed to tear ourselves away and move on in search of other quarry.  Nonetheless, it was a birding experience I will not soon forget!

Black-throated Green Warbler

This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #7.  Go check it out!

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Written by Corey
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.

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  1. Vickie Henderson October 13, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    Beautiful bird and spectacular photographs. What a satisfying experience!

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Written by Corey
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.

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