Black-throated Blue Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — Tis year, during the Biggest Week in American Birding, there were lots of Black-throated Blue warblers along the boardwalk…my impression is more than normal. They are another warbler that, when present, often feeds low and close to the artificial edge the boardwalk makes through the marsh. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 @ 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.

Black-throated Green Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — A “I see you” shot from a second encounter with a friendly Black-throated Green Warbler. The warblers at Magee do mostly seem aware of the crowds of humans on the boardwalk, but it does not seem to bother them. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.

Blackburnian Warber: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — Most years at the Biggest Week in American Birding on the Erie Shore in Ohio, I have to work hard for my first eye-level shots to a Blackburnian, and they don’t come until my last days there. This year this Blackburnian was working both sides of the boardwalk, at and below eye-level, for over 3 hours on my first day in Ohio. And he was close! Occasionally I thought he might hop inside to my lens hood to look at his reflection. Such a treat! Blackburnian is, by the way, a name I hope survives the great honorific culling…it is just such a perfect name for this little blank and burning warbler. I guess they can change it to Blackburning. That would be okay. 🙂 Black and Orange will not do. Sorry. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.

Black-throated Green Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — Always one of the most numerous warblers at Magee in May, the Black-throated Green is generally one of the easiest to photograph. Along with the Chestnut-sided, it feeds at eye-level along the artificial edges the boardwalk creates as it cuts through the marsh. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.

Chestnut-sided Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — As I have said before and as I will probably say again, this year was not an easy year at Magee for warbler photography. The birds were there but so were the leaves, and getting clear, unobstructed shots of any warbler was very difficult…even if the warblers were as cooperative as the Chestnut-sideds often are. Chestnut-sided Warblers at Magee feed at eye-level and often right next to the boardwalk, where the little opening the boardwalk creates makes finding insects relatively easy. This one was singing…which made it easier to locate…though no easier to photograph. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.

American Redstart: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — One of the more numerous and visible warblers during the Biggest Week in American Birding on the Ohio Erie Shore was the American Redstart, though I saw way more males then females and no females at all until later in the week. As with all warblers this year, t was hard to find a clear line of sight through the already well developed foliage at eye-level in the marsh. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.