Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
In winter, Hooded Warblers retreat from their breeding grounds in the eastern USA and fly to the West Indies, the Caribbean, northern South America, Mexico and South America. Their summer range extends from the states of Connecticut and New York, south to northern Florida, east to the southern Great Lakes, then south to east Texas and most of the Gulf Coast.
Though not as shy as Canada Warblers, Hooded Warblers have an affinity for understory environments and stay low near the ground, rather than seeking the upper canopy. Their preferred habitat is in mature hardwood forests, but they’ve proven to be versatile in their choice of nesting environments.
Today’s science views the Hooded Warbler as monotypic (no recognized subspecies).
During my spring 2021 migration vigil on South Padre Island, Hooded Warblers were some of the most cooperative and endearing birds I met. They seemed fearless of humans, and often approached so close they were a challenge to photograph. South Padre Island has produced meetings with these engaging birds during every visit since (2022, 2023, and 2024).
38 Photos
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: This was my first meeting with this species. The range maps I’ve seen show this bird only migrates through Texas. South Texas is about the only place in the USA where we find them. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 14:42 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X7948-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: This was my first meeting with this species. The range maps I’ve seen show this bird only migrates through Texas. South Texas is about the only place in the USA where we find them. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 14:42 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X7915-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: This was my first meeting with this species. The range maps I’ve seen show this bird only migrates through Texas. South Texas is about the only place in the USA where we find them. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 14:42 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X7898-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: This was my first meeting with this species. The range maps I’ve seen show this bird only migrates through Texas. South Texas is about the only place in the USA where we find them. Tuesday's all day visit to capture images at the SPI Convention Centre was fruitful. The folks I met were great, and the birds were amazing. |
Date Taken: 2021:03:30 14:41 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X7874-SPI_ConventionCenter |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 10:08 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9600-SheepsheadBirdSanctuary |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:13 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9787-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers spend winters in Mexico and Central America. Those I met here are just passing through and will continue north to the southeastern USA. With spring migration on South Padre Island (Texas) picking up, there’s no other place I’d rather be in April. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:02 11:14 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9796-SPI_ConventionCentre |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: [First year female] Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:04 10:39 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X0635-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: [First year female] Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:04 10:39 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X0657-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers are fast becoming my favorite SPI bird. Sunday was a day when the birds and then birders increased their respective presence on South Padre Island. Both are to be expected as spring migration steps up the bird numbers moving through on their way north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:11 10:11 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X4064-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Today’s visit was my first in a while where I didn’t meet male Hooded Warblers, but here was a young lady. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:13 11:21 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X5184-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Today’s visit was my first in a while where I didn’t meet male Hooded Warblers, but here was a young lady. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:13 11:21 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X5178-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers seem like they’re always on site to greet the bird-loving public. This weekend provided the “perfect storm” for a warbler fallout on South Padre Island; a cold north wind, rain, and a ton of birds trying to head north. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:17 13:22 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X6923-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers were abundant during my spring visits to SPI. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 17:34 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X0385SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers were abundant during my spring visits to SPI. Bird activity on Tuesday’s visit to South Padre Island was slightly less hectic than it was on the weekend, but it gave me some great bird encounters, including two birds brand new to me. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:20 10:24 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X9283SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: This male warbler has been at the Convention Centre for a few days and seems accustomed to being around people. Last year the global pandemic prevented me from experiencing the full effects of spring migration in south Texas. This year the gates are open and I’m venturing to South Padre Island about every second day. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:06 10:26 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X1546-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Today’s visit was my first in a while where I didn’t meet male Hooded Warblers, but here was a young lady. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:13 11:21 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X5179-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Today’s visit was my first in a while where I didn’t meet male Hooded Warblers, but here was a young lady. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:13 11:20 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X5170-SPI_ConventionCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks. |
Date Taken: 2021:04:04 12:41 |
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Location:
Convention Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_D5X1221-SPI_ConvCtr |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: I found new players on stage at the SPI Convention Centre, birds I'd not seen on the island this fall. Among those new faces this visit were Black-and-White Warblers and Hooded Warblers. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:05 10:15 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8508568-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers have been the most confiding birds here on South Padre Island. At times, they are under foot and at risk of being stepped on. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:06 15:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509070-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female until this September 11 visit, when a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:11 14:53 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8501891-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female until this September 11 visit, when a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:11 14:23 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8501615-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 10:06 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509380-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 10:03 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509323-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 9:59 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509311-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Early in the spring migration, Hooded Warblers were some of the first birds we saw on South Padre Island. Here, in September, they were some of the first birds we met as they moved back south. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:07 9:59 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509301-SPI-Convention.Ctr_ |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers have been the most confiding birds here on South Padre Island. At times, they are under foot and at risk of being stepped on. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:06 15:10 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8509072-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female until this September 11 visit, when a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:11 14:53 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8501907-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female until this September 11 visit, when a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:12 15:31 |
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Location:
Sheepshead Bird Sanctuary |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8502486-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female. At last, in mid-September, a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 11:23 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8502724-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female. At last, in mid-September, a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 11:25 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8502776-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female. At last, in mid-September, a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 11:27 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8502819-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: The Hooded Warblers I’d been meeting on South Padre Island during the fall migration of 2022, were all female. At last, in mid-September, a bright male showed up to dazzle us. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:15 11:27 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8502822-SPI.ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: As my two weeks attending the fall migration on South Padre Island drew to an end, male Hooded Warblers replaced the females I’d seen so frequently when I first arrived here. |
Date Taken: 2022:09:16 16:42 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_8503400-SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:22 15:33 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_Z9X2121_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:22 17:26 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: HoodedWarblerImm_Z9X3257_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Hooded Warbler(Setophaga citrina) |
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Description: Hooded Warblers, while passing through South Padre Island, are one of the least shy species we get to meet. It is hard not to fall in love with them. |
Date Taken: 2024:04:22 16:29 |
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Location:
South Padre Island Covention Cen |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: HoodedWarbler_Z9X2620_SPI-ConventionCentre |
| © 2024 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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