Wilson's Warblers are a small New World warbler that are greenish above and yellow below with the male having a black crown It breeds across Canada and south through the western United States, and winters from Mexico south through much of Central America. This one I found above Lake Tahoe near Incline Lake moving in and out of Willows. Warblers are very difficult to photography but some times they work with you and this one was fairly cooperative, for a Warbler. I was in a shady area but at time he perch in a bit of sun. The photo below was taken with a Nikon D850 and with a 500mm lens and a 1.4 teleconverter resulting in a 700mm 35mm equivalent focal length. I usually shoot at a shutter speed of 1250s and f/5.6 and being in the shade the auto ISO set the ISO to 1800.
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) - Incline Lake Road-Trail, WAS (NV)
EQ: Nikon D850, Nikkor 500mm f/4.0, Taken: 7-9-2024 at 10:28
Settings: 700mm (35mm eqv), 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO1800, +1 EV, Conditions: sunny/shade
Some fun facts about the Wilson’s Warblers are that most nest on the ground, except for along the coast of California and Oregon where they nest up to 5 feet off the ground. This populations tend to lay fewer eggs compared the ground nesting birds.
Settings: 700mm (35mm eqv), 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO1600, +1 EV, Conditions: sunny/shade
Most songbird nestlings fledge by hopping out of the nest and don’t return, but some Wilson’s Warbler fledglings return to the nest a couple of nights after fledging.
Settings: 700mm (35mm eqv), 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO560, +1 EV, Conditions: sunny/shade
The oldest recorded Wilson's Warbler was a male and was at least 8 years, 11 months, when he was recaptured in 2008 in California.
Settings: 700mm (35mm eqv), 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO800, +1 EV, Conditions: sunny/shade
Settings: 700mm (35mm eqv), 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO800, +1 EV, Conditions: sunny/shade
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