Magnolia Warbler

I need more warblers in my life.

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A yellow-bellied flycatcher, a black-throated blue warbler, a bay-breasted warbler, and a magnolia warbler in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on 27 August 2024. 🪶

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A few weeks after the miserable overcast weather started ruining my bird photography experience, I woke up to mostly clear skies. Excitedly, I rushed to the Institute Woods trailhead at Olden Lane. On an earlier visit, I had heard some warblers at a specific spot at Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge. I had marked it on Google Maps. It is near the western edge of the swamp, just a few hundred metres from the south-facing observation platform. My patience was rewarded when I heard two types of warbler: the Common Yellowthroat and the Magnolia Warbler.

While I waited, a female Common Yellowthroat dropped in briefly.

Photographing warblers can be a frustrating experience. I waited and waited, eventually rewarded with the appearance of a male Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia). This was my first time photographing this warbler, and I was excited. The bird stayed in the thicket of leaves for quite some time. I had hoped to get a better photograph of the body, but this was the best opportunity that this outing provided.

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