american redstart

As with so many bird species, the male is the more colorful one - though the female redstart may be grey, the flashes of yellow still make them striking

The lovely orange and black colors of the American redstart really stand out in the dark pine forest. Unfortunately as they spend much of the time lurking around in the dark forests, you sometimes need to crank the ISO up to get them!

Loads of these around

Quite a few of these around

American Redstart at Heisey road Orchard

I was surprised to see this lady, possibly a young one, taking a bath. I don't usually see warblers do that. She seemed to enjoy it though, was fun to watch.

Another from the archives. Don't see these birds out in the open like this very often. He was singing his very high pitched song with all his heart.

A long shot through a window very early this morning. Haven't seen very many warbler type birds here this summer so far. Was glad to get this, even though it's not the greatest quality.

Found another Redstart a little further downstream who was kind enough to pose for a moment.

Yes, it's true that most American Redstarts are more yellow than red. The males' "yellow" is more orange than the females' though, and some males are sufficiently orange to be bordering on red. Too bad this one was posed quite deep in the twigs :(

After several days of one Yellowstart (female redstart) after another, I finally saw two males at that little patch of park in Stone Harbor. This one must be a youngster, still more yellow than red. The other one was much redder, but the shot I got of him was more cluttered by branches.

These birds are very hard to shoot because they flit around in the trees and seldom sit in one place for too long. I assume because we were haveing a very windy day, he was more inclined to sit still while I took his portrait. These are one of my favorite Warblers.

This guy was chasing a flying insect along the ground that he had spooked from a bush. He wasn't about to give up on it. He was a bit clumsy and I had a good time shooting the action. If you are not familiar with the American Redstart, they flick their wings and fan their tail to spook insects...

Pretty sure this is the mate of the male I posted previously. They were moving through the foliage more or less together. Unfortunately she was in shadow, but this is the only clear glimpse I got of her.

Tough bird to get a lens on, doesn't sit still very long.

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Lafittes Cove Nature Center situated in Lafittes Cove Subdivision, southwest of Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Secondary coastal thicket with man-made ponds and small patches of remnant coastal prairie on a barrier Island at 1 m (3.3 ft) elevation.

Went for a walk this morning. Down by the bridge (which I may start calling Bird Bridge) near where I spotted two warblers that turned out to be lifers for me, I spotted this redstart. He was gleaning the trees around the bridge and singing his head off at the same time. Very pretty little bird...

A surprise visit just off the deck.

Closest I've ever managed to get to one of the male redstart birds. They're rarely still. Of course the contrast detect AF of my camera decided it wanted to focus on the brighter leaves of the tree rather than where I was actually aiming, making the bird is slightly out of focus. But since this...

I tried a new refuge down near the Philadelphia Airport and it didn't fail me. This cute little bird was jumping from tree to tree...it was fun finally catching a shot of him.

A female American Redstart, taken in the park on Knight's Key, Marathon, Florida.