[texbirds] Golden-winged Warbler - searching, finding and catching prey at Russ Pitman Park
- From: "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)" <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 21:07:50 +0000
Mark has captured classic behavior of this hanging dead leaf specialist.
However, you need to scroll through the group as he did not highlight the bird
next to the clumps of dead leafs.
Fred Collins
(281) 357-5324
Director: Kleb Woods Nature Center
Cypress Top Historical Park
Commissioner Steve Radack
Harris County Precinct 3
www.pct3.hctx.net
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Subject: [texbirds] Golden-winged Warbler - searching, finding and catching
prey at Russ Pitman Park
Last Sunday afternoon when having so much to do at home I tool a look outside
and decided to visit the Russ Pitman Park - just a few minutes drive.
Well there were a lot of warblers there, all these different brilliant colors
between green leaves although I think that probably they all taste the same (I
saw plenty cat activities there). I took a photo here and there but for most of
the time a male Golden-winged Warbler got my attention.
Here are some photos of him searching, finding and catching prey - fascinating
activities to watch but please keep in mind that he practically stayed all
time inside bushes so light was very dim and I have to shoot at high ISO and
was lucky if I could take photo at 1/200 sec. So any bird movement produced
motion blur.
A few portraits:
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/149956100
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/149956096
After finding web with potential prey hiding inside he tore it apart to take a
look inside:
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/149956093
Sometimes getting a prize:
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/image/149956098
Many more photos illustrating searching, finding and catching prey can be found
here:
http://www.pbase.com/mbb/golden_winged_warbler__searching_finding_and_catchi
ng_prey
Mark B Bartosik
Houston, Texas
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