Orange-Crowned Warbler

Gallery: AvianPosted August 28, 2015107 views4 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4 TC, tripod
f5.6, 1/640, ISO1600

Juvenile Orange-crowned Warbler, Valdez, Alaska. Late evening light (10 PM). He was still looking for food from his parents, but I think he'd been left on his own.

50% crop. Selective brightening and sharpening to bird. Cloned out a really ugly stick.

(I've relocated from Alaska to Idaho. Still unpacking. Posts and comments will erratic for a while.)

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on August 28, 2015 at 9:37 AM

Nice little fellow by the looks of it, and quiet an achievement at 10pm.. Curious: does it have a short (or missing) tail, or is it just not visible at this angle ? I never have seen the species, hence the question.. Good luck with unpacking enlightened , Hans

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 28, 2015 at 9:58 AM

Hans, I think the tail isn't fully grown out yet. It's the gray stub you can see beyond the end of the primaries. Wood warblers like this have tails that extend out beyond the wings.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 28, 2015 at 9:59 AM

Tack sharp & especially nice colors..the subtle orange crown is clear to see..

Have fun unpacking this weekend Jim, better you than me enlightened

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 28, 2015 at 5:19 PM

Moved to the sunbelt? Nice shot of this warbler, Jim. I like hte hint of hte orange crown showing through.

devil

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