Palm Warbler
May 2nd, 2009
I spent about an hour trying to photograph this bashful Palm Warbler (first of spring). He eventually got somewhat used to me and came out of thick cover long enough for a few good shots.
Palm Warblers breed almost exclusively in black spruce bogs in the boreal forests of Canada. Their only known breeding location in Ottawa is Mer Bleue--which, as you know if you've been there, is an unusual psuedo-boreal habitat of a sort found nowhere else in our area.
In spring migration, though, Palm Warblers are a common sight all over Ottawa, usually hopping around in bushes and wagging their tails constantly. This one was near the Rideau river.
May 2nd, 2009
I spent about an hour trying to photograph this bashful Palm Warbler (first of spring). He eventually got somewhat used to me and came out of thick cover long enough for a few good shots.
Palm Warblers breed almost exclusively in black spruce bogs in the boreal forests of Canada. Their only known breeding location in Ottawa is Mer Bleue--which, as you know if you've been there, is an unusual psuedo-boreal habitat of a sort found nowhere else in our area.
In spring migration, though, Palm Warblers are a common sight all over Ottawa, usually hopping around in bushes and wagging their tails constantly. This one was near the Rideau river.
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