She the color slate
She look irate
But most important
She done a levitate
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Check out this gravity defying Blue-gray Gnatcatcher I photographed yesterday morning while birding at Greenfield Lake in Wilmington NC.
This tiny bird was moving so quickly that it was difficult to even get my lens on her as she flitted through the grass.
In the end I think I took about 20 shots before coming away with just these two images which when it comes to photographing speedy Gnatcatchers is actually pretty good haha!
These little birds have a good reason to stay on the move as Blue-gray Gnatcatchers dine primarily on fast flying insects which are made all the more scarce during the winter.
They are agile flyers and are perfectly capable of snatching a small insect right out of midair.
Weirdly enough though, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers rarely eats gnats which is kinda odd.
Though they are locally more abundant across the state during the summer months, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are a year round resident of North Carolina.
Once the temperatures drop, they tend to head east into our far southern coastal areas to spend the winter where the six or eight legged food choices remain abundant.
From October through April look for them broadleaf evergreen trees, such as those found in maritime forests, or mixed-pine hardwood forests.
Isnāt she lovely?
Photos by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc on my beloved beast, the mighty mirrorless @canonusa #R5
