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Category:Animals
Subcategory:Birds
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:Glacier National Park, Montana, Riparian, Rocky Mountains, Swiftcurrent Lake, adult, aquatic insect larvae, bird, breeding season, feeding, food, foraging, insect, male, prey, yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata
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Dimensions4500 x 3000
Original file size7.91 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken4-Aug-17 18:50
Date modified30-Jul-18 22:04
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D810
Focal length600 mm
Focal length (35mm)600 mm
Max lens aperturef/4
Exposure1/200 at f/5.6
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 400
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom1x
Yellow-rumped Wabler, Audubon's Female

Yellow-rumped Wabler, Audubon's Female

She has snatched up a newly emerged mayfly before it could fully escape its former watery world and take flight.

I believe the 2 dark forms at the waterline on the rock are the left over exoskeletons of mayflies. Perhaps those managed to avoid capture.

She is also experiencing her post-nuptial molt, a late summer shedding of all her feathers that prepares her for the long migration south.

Location: Glacier National Park, MT