There can’t be many places that are better for Yellow-rumped Warblers in the fall than Cape May, New Jersey. The birds are abundant, and the birds, busy feeding before crossing Delaware Bay, are fearless. Not that Yellow-rumps ever show much fear. Tom Dunkerton and I stood side by side in a sheltered spot in the shadow of the Hawk Watch Platform at Cape May Lighthouse State Park and shot Yellow-rumps at 15 feet, feeding in the sun and dappled shade of the trees in front of us. At one point I expressed the opinion that I now probably had enough fall Yellow-rumps shots to last me a lifetime! Of course, if I encounter an easy Yellow-rump today, I will undoubtedly shoot some more!

Canon SX50HS. Program with -1/3rd EV exposure compensation. 1800mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 640. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.