20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Yellow Warbler and Fly

A yellow warbler grasps a large fly it had extracted from a clump of goldenrod flowers. Image taken on Monhegan Island during fall migration this year, and this warbler spent a good portion of two days foraging in the same patch of goldenrod, catching an assortment of insects attracted to the flowers.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Monhegan, Maine, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Copyright: © Loren Merrill