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| Black-and-White Warbler (male), Mniotilta varia; Magee Marsh, Ohio |
Decked out in black and white this is one
of my favorite warblers. The
Black-and-White Warbler is a very difficult bird to photograph, for it is always on the
move, climbing, circling tree trunks, and hanging upside-down on tree limbs
foraging like nuthatches.
I shot this image after literally chasing
the warbler down a boardwalk as it moved from tree to tree gleaning insects and
spiders. The shot shows the position of
the bird as I most often saw it, hanging upside down.
Black-and-Whites breed from the Gulf Coast of the United States to the northern reaches of the Canadian province of the North West Territories. Their prefered nesting habitat is the wetter areas of
broadleaf forest. By late September and early October they will be heading back
to their wintering grounds from southern Florida and Mexico to northern South
America.
Nikon
D800, Nikkor 500mm f4, 1/320 sec. @ f.3.5
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