Blackburnian Warbler

One of my favorite colors is a nice warm orange, like the embers of a dying fire. It should be no surprise then that the Blackburnian Warbler is among my favorite of birds.
Today after being rather cooped up by the weather for much of the week I decided to head out,clouds or no. I had no sooner reached my favorite trail when this fellow landed directly ahead of me, at eye level. Maybe he felt sorry for me, all the other times I had tried to get a shot and failed....whatever the reason, this time he was most cooperative...You just never know!

lovely series, Mike

Love the setting for these. Nicely done.

Beautiful shots! Excellent work!

Beautiful captures of a beautiful bird Mike!!

Mike, those are exceptional photos; good for you. And yes, one never knows......
Al

Wow, what a looker and your shots are as good as they get. Great work Mike.

Gorgeous shots Mike, needless to say, this is one species that I've never been fortunate to see in person.

wow Mike,
that is a beautiful bird. Your compositions are great too.

Excellent set of the "fire throat" Mike... just getting them out of the tree heights on a lower branch is a task in it's self Fine shooting.

Dave

Stunning bird , beautifully photographed.

Great set of this beautiful little bird Mike.

very nice Mike

Great series of one of my 'top five' warblers, and at an angle I infrequently observe them, they're usually waaayy up there.

Wow, super shots, Mike! These are what I call "Bird Book Quality"!