Yellow-rumped Warbler Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Yellow-rumped Warblers are probably the most common migrant warbler we get in eastern South Dakota, in both the spring and fall. Perhaps it's because of their common nature that I really don't try to target them for photography that much, and don't have that one "perfect" photo. My favorite is probably the one below, from Bryce Canyon, Utah in May of 2008.

Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata


Yellow-rumped Warbler 1	Yellow-rumped Warbler 2	Yellow-rumped Warbler 3	Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
May 2nd, 2003	May 15th, 2005	September 30th, 2004	May 14th, 2006
Madison Waterfowl Production Area, South Dakota	Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota
Male Myrtle form taking a bath	First spring Myrtle form male waking up at dawn	Rear view of female Myrtle form on a cloudy day	Female Myrtle form migrating through in the spring
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Yellow-rumped Warbler 5	Yellow-rumped Warbler 6	Yellow-rumped Warbler 7	Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
May 14th, 2006	May 2008	May 2008	May 2008
Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota	Bryce Canyon, Utah	Bryce Canyon, Utah	Bryce Canyon, Utah
First year Myrtle form posing in fall dried weeds	Male Audubon's form perched on a branch in the sun	Male Audubon's form perched on a branch in the sun	Male Audubon's form perched on a branch in the sun

Yellow-rumped Warbler 9	Yellow-rumped Warbler 10	Yellow-rumped Warbler 11	Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
May 2008	September 30th, 2008	December 17th, 2008	May 7th, 2009
Bryce Canyon, Utah	Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota	Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Male Audubon's form foraging in a pine tree	Female Myrtle form in an eastern red cedar tree	Female Audubon's form posing on a rocky shoreline	Male Myrtle form foraging on the muddy ground

Yellow-rumped Warbler 13	Yellow-rumped Warbler 14	Yellow-rumped Warbler 15	Yellow-rumped Warbler 16
May 16th, 2014	May 2012	May 8th, 2015	May 11th, 2019
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Acadia National Park, Maine	Beaver Creek Nature Area, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Young Myrtle form perched in the sun	Male Myrtle form posing on a branch	Female Myrtle form perched on a branch	Female Myrtle form posing in the sunlight

Yellow-rumped Warbler 17
May 3rd, 2020
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Male Myrtle form in vertical presentation