Bird on a Wire

Birds just seem to love sitting on a wire. Fences and powerlines seem to be favorite perching sites especially of the smaller birds. When I took this photo of a Yellow Rumped Warbler I was actually chasing a Blue Bird down a fence row trying to capture it on film. It turned out that the Blue Bird was an uncooperative subject on this Fall day. I had given up the chase and was about to walk away when the Yellow Rumped flew up from the grassy ground onto the barbed wire. This took me totally by surprise and it seemed a long moment before I slowly raised the camera to frame this image. The shutter snapped, and the Warbler was off for greener pastures leaving only this evidence of its wire sitting. Fence post are another favorite perching site as will be seen in a later posting. The Loggerheaded Shrike has devised an inventive use for barbed wire fencing. It will impale its prey on the barbs before partaking of a tasty meal. Just a interesting tid bit, so to speak.