Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Chasing Breakfast
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One of the recent mornings I looked for the Cape May Warbler at the Everglades NP Gulf Coast Visitor’s Center, another welcomed treat was a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in one of the two Sweet Acacia trees.
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was hunting for insects on branches full of thorns. Look at those intense focuses!
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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The bugs are fast, and so isn’t the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher!
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher sees that bug! Do you see it?
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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I love the bonus of flowers and berries in images of birds! 🙂
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Photos by Donna 
Love the light in your capture Donna !
Thank you, Ashley! It was early morning. 🙂
Such cute photos!! I love the little bird ❣❣ And on a side note, we have those exact trees in our back yard! But they are full of little finches surrounding our bird feeder 😊
Thank you, Lisa! Re the trees, I didn’t know what kind they were, it was an easy google search to find out. Those trees smell wonderful! Lucky you to have yours filled with finches!! 😊
They do smell wonderful! I love when I breath in that scent! And if I keep the thistle full in the feeder, then the tree is full of birds! They are so cute!
Very nice captures, Donna! What a pretty bird, especially with those orange blossoms all around.
Thank you, Ellen! I love their white eye ring. 🙂
Yes, I can see the bug. Great shots, Donna. 🙂
Thank you, HJ! I lucked out with that bug shot!! I even got a second ‘bug’ shot but the bird was out of focus. 😉
Great shooting, Donna, and yes, I see the bug! 🙂
Thank you, Eliza! I have a feeling that bug became a breakfast bite. 😉
Nice Donna and what an intense gaze it has in its pursuit.
Thank you, Hans, s/he was on a mission! 🙂
Very nice captures Donna and yes…. I found the bug 🙂
Thank you, Rudy! The ‘bug’ shot was a fun bonus! 🙂
Pretty bird, great lighting, best recipe for stunning photos!
Thank you, Hien!!
No, I definitely don’t see what the gnatcatcher is seeing, but I guess it would be a gnat! I like the flowers and berries, too, they make a lovely backdrop. Such a sweet little bird.
Thank you, Barbara! The ‘bug’ is the ‘dirty spot’ if you see it, flying away from the bird. 😉 First I thought I had a spot on my lens, lol.
Oh, I see it now! 🙂
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Delightful series, Donna! Indeed, the flowers are a bonus!!
Thank you, Indira, they do make a great shot together!!
Very nice series of images Donna! Enjoyed seeing them!
Thank you, Reed!
Terrific photographs of this quick little bug chaser! Their plumage may be subtle but it has a unique beauty.
Thank you, Wally! I’ve seen so many more of these guys this past month than I did all last winter here in Everglades City. 🙂
Lovely photos especially the colours – the yellow against blue sky (am jealous!) and it was fun looking for the bug!
Thank you, Sel! This was a fun encounter, the bug was a lucky bonus! 😉
What a wonderful setting for capturing this bird. I’m not sure I have ever seen one. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Susan! They breed widespread across the U.S., including the mid-Atlantic. I usually hear them before I can find them, they are so fast and do hide behind leaves. 🙂
Nice photos of these birds in a bright setting!
Thank you, Jane! Early morning lighting is wonderful!
I needed a set of sunny pictures like that to cheer me up in the depths of winter.
I’m glad you enjoyed them, Tom!
You actually caught the bug in flight. You are awesome.
The flowers make a nice frame.
I was really lucky with that bug, lol. I thought ‘the bug’ was a lens spot on my image when I first saw it. Pure luck!
Nah. You’re just that good. 😉
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You always have a neat story to tell with your images! Love it!
😊 Thank you, I enjoy sharing the shot and story to show you just never know what you might see when out, even on an errand run! lol I still learn on occasion by not taking my camera. but for the most part where I go it goes!
Lovely compositions and I really like the “upside down” bird shot 😊.
Thank you, Belinda, the little ones are really good acrobats, aren’t they?! 😊