{"id":3256,"date":"2014-05-19T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2014-05-18T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T00:30:25","slug":"my-first-sighting-of-a-magnolia-warbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/my-first-sighting-of-a-magnolia-warbler\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Sighting of a Magnolia Warbler"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a lot of fun observing and photographing a new bird for my list. Unfortunately I could only locate the male. I would assume that a female was not far away, it is spring after all.<\/p>\n

\"Magnolia<\/a>
Magnolia Warbler, Male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While I was observing this Magnolia Warbler I also observed a Ruby Throated Hummingbird displaying to his mate. It was an awesome thing to see. The male started flying at high speeds first up in the air in a bright red blur, then down in iridescent green. He did this display 5 times. I suspect that the pine tree where this display occurred could be the nesting location. I will let you know what I find over the next few days.<\/p>\n

\"Magnolia<\/a>
Magnolia Warbler, Male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I first saw this Warbler from a distance I thought it was a Yellow Warbler. After looking at the bird more closely I realized that the markings were more consistent with a Magnolia Warbler.<\/p>\n

\"Magnolia<\/a>
Magnolia Warbler, Male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My only disappointment was the poor background for these images. I’m not really happy with any of them. My style is for cleaner backgrounds. In this case a better background was not an option. Thats why I will be out there trying again in the near future!<\/p>\n

\"Magnolia<\/a>
Magnolia Warbler, Male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Images captured with a Nikon D4s, 600mm f\/4 with TC-eII on Lexar digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a lot of fun observing and photographing a new bird for my list. Unfortunately I could only locate the male. I would assume that a female was not far away, it is spring after all. While I was observing this Magnolia Warbler I also observed a Ruby Throated Hummingbird displaying to his mate. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t