yellow-rumped warbler

Their numbers have increased dramatically the last few days.

About a dozen of these guys arrived on Friday but sticking close to the perimeters of the yard as they always do on first arrival. Shortly, they will move in closer. This was taken with the lens full out.

This flock of what I use to call 'Myrtle Warblers', gave me many photo opportunities. It was hard to pick out the first. This one is not the most pleasing because of harsher light on the subject, but I felt that it showed most of the markings the best. In time I'm sure I'll post others.

My 500GB partition of my hard drive is nearly full, Have to make a second set of Back-up disc apart from that in my external before I can safety clear up the 2011 files so as to prepare room for my 2011 Hong Kong trip photos.

Hope this not some sort of stain, LOL.

A fantastic Yellow-rumped year. I have more keepers of this bird than all added up from the past 5 or 6 years.

I'm really surprised at the late leaving of some of my winter visitors.

The Sakura blossom will be over in a few days' time.

The Myrtle's feather looks not too much affected by the continuous rain.

Had a fabulous afternoon in Iona. Non-stopping rain for 4 hours. Just put down a small stool, sat there, holding up an umbrella, and shoot... loads of YRW came, sometimes very close to me, LOL!

7.5x11 inches. Watercolor on Arches cold press 140# paper. I've been seeing and sketching Yellow-rumped warblers for the last week to 10 days as they make their way through on their northerly migration. Mainly I've stared and them and done field sketches. I hope that this is the year I finally...

Looks like a Yellow-Rumped Warbler with signs of breeding colors. Other pics showed no yellow on top of the head (yet?). 100% crop, a little too much sharpening.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Caught today by my 10 year old son.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

This Yellow-Rumped Warbler has a very messy face!

I believe this is a female.