Ovenbird
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell



These large and elegant ground-dwelling warblers are common in eastern North America in summer.   I photographed this wintering bird in dim light in the forest understory at the Corkscrew Swamp sanctuary in southwestern Florida.

  • digital captures, Canon 1D3, 500 mm IS lens plus 2X extender, fill-in flash (2008)