Birds and Nature

I spotted 5 Yellow-rumped Warblers foraging at The Abbey in Canon City today. With the temperature about 12º F there were clearly not a lot of insects about for them to feed on. While I watched the warblers flew under a large branch that appeared to provide shelter and the possibility of warming up by fluffing up their feathers where they were protected from the wind. In the pics just above and below three of the five Yellow-rumped are perched in the shelter of the large limb with their feathers fluffed up to warm them. After perching all fluffed up for several minutes these warblers groomed their feathers for a minute or two as can be seen in this brief video clip below: YRWarblers-12 d F,TheAbbey from SeEtta Moss on Vimeo . The bottom two pics show one of the warblers perching briefly in the shelter of a building where it had been foraging against the wall for insects (a good place to get them usually). Note all photos were taken with high zoom (near or at 100X ...