Friends Bob and Deb Z. set up their yard each fall to attract migrating warblers that will feed on fruit. This Tennessee warbler is taking a 'watermelon and grape break' to feed on meal worms.
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Fall bird at a friend's back yard. Bob/Deb Z. do it up each October with fruit, and meal worms in their wonderful backyard habitat. Some falls they attract quite a few southward bound Tennessee warblers, with a yard count of 60+ once.
The pinkish hues in the background are watermelon, and grapes.
10/19/2016. Marietta, Ga.
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...I just missed out on three TEWAs "in the tub".
Centennial Olympic Park. Downtown Atlanta. 10/24/2015.
Tennessee warblers bathing.
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Centennial Olympic Park. 10/24/2015.
These warblers seem to love to bathe in the water feature here. I lucked into this flight image. The bird was just leaving a bath. My ISO was cranked up high enough in aperture priority to enable a fast enough shutter speed to catch this action.
The bird above could be a first fall male, first fall female, or a fall adult female as all three plumages look similar in fall. The fall adult male would have a grayer look to the face/head.
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Arthur Cleveland Bent in his part one of the LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN WOOD WARBLERS writes about how this warbler got it's name: "Alexander Wilson (1832) discovered this warbler on the banks of the Cumberland River in Tennessee and gave it the common name it has borne ever since, although it seems inappropriate to name a bird for a State so far from its main breeding range in Canada." I photographed this bird 4/16/2014 at St George Island State Park, on the Florida panhandle during a fall-out situation.
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