Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher perched on a tree branch looking like it is ready to attack.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, March 27, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-320; f/8; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea). My first photographic evidence occurred on March 27, 2022 at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX. There were two of these very small birds flitting about very rapidly. It was difficult to get a picture as they rarely stayed still long enough to find the tiny bird and focus for a shot.

The photograph below is the other representative example of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher that I have taken.

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher perched on a tree branch.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, April 2, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-400; f/7.1; 1/1600 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on a high branch on an overcast morning.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, April 15, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-1250; f/7.1; 1/800 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatchatcher perched on a branch among several other branches and some leaves.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-4000; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on a medium-sized limb.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX June 20, 2021
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/320 sec.
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher perched on a tree branch.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 4, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on a branch in the woods.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/200 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on a vine wrapped around a large tree.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sequoyah NWR, Vian, OK, September 12, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perched on a small limb singing its song.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, April 1, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 2.0x Teleconverter; 1000 mm; ISO-800; f/16; 1/500 sec.