A (wet) male black-throated blue warbler on Sugar Creek Mountain.While the bird watchers were undaunted by the precipitation, it was horrible for bird photography. I didn't even bother carrying my camera outside the van on most of the trips I lead. There was no light and nice cameras and wet, humid weather are unhappy bedfellows.
I did manage to get a few non-keeper shots of my favorite warbler: a male black-throated blue warbler which we found on the Sugar Creek mountain trip. There's something about this bird's color scheme that I find incredibly appealing. You can see how wet it was—there are water droplets on every branch in the photo!
More from the New River Birding & Nature Festival tomorrow when I will take you on a tree-top adventure. bad weather , birding in West Virginia , black-throated blue warbler , warblers
