yellow-rumped warbler

Got close for awhile and then flitted away.

First one spotted this year. Thought he was following around a Hairy Woodpecker for awhile who was busy working on a couple Siberian Elms.

Yellow-rumped warbler taking a bath in a fountain in my front yard.

I found this bird interesting because he appears to be molting. I assume he is getting ready for spring. This is the first molting bird I have seen this year.

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle variety A Warbler with a large head, sturdy bill, and long, narrow tail

After a hard freeze overnight, these warblers were feeding in the grass. You can see ice crystals from frozen dew. This bird is a male molting into breeding plumage. The name coronata refers to the usually concealed yellow crown patch visible in this photo. This is the typical Western form S...

I think this is a first year bird on the lawn.

This unique looking yellow-rumped warbler I've been fortunate enough to photograph for 3 straight years, during its migration through my area. It always comes back to the same two trees in the same wetlands, and due to its partial leucism, it stands out from the others. If you couldn't already...

It took me a few moments to figure out why this little one looked odd. I saw another couple without tail feathers, that I'm fairly sure were separate birds and not the same one. Any thoughts?

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata) A ballerina practicing her pirouette. It is so much easier with wings (lol).

Yellow-rumped Warbler not showing it's rump :) In summer, both sexes are a smart gray with flashes of white in the wings and yellow on the face, sides, top of head and rump. Males are very strikingly shaded; females are duller and may show some brown.

Yellow-rumped warbler waiting it's turn at the bird bath

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata) bathing in a concrete lined drainage that pours into an un-named creek.

Yellow-rumped warbler (butter butt) at Huntington Beach State Park, SC. Soon I'm sure we'll be over run with them!

Taken in the Big Cypress, south of Naples.

Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata coronata) Nonbreeding plumage. The bird on the right is a 1st yr bird. Photographed in a concrete lined drainage that pours into an un-named creek.

Yellow-rumped warbler. Took a quick trip around the backyard and was rewarded with an encounter with this butter butt with an attitude.

Taken in Broward County, Florida

Not showing in this frontal but it was nice that it perched for a bit making for a photographic image

They are suddenly all around here the past few days.

Not the best pic, but this is the first warbler I encountered. I saw my literal first while with a birder friend a day or two before. I had never id'd this bird, and thanks to him, I can now. This little cuss was flitting around at Eagle Marsh in Fort Wayne, and gave me a fraction of a second...

I am loaded with these guys so expect to see more images of them ;)