A Tennessee Warbler pauses among late-season meadow flowers in Franklin, North Carolina, during its southbound fall migration. The surrounding vegetation places this long-distance migrant within the changing seasonal landscape it encounters between northern breeding forests and tropical wintering grounds.
Late September marks a transitional chapter for the Tennessee Warbler as it moves south from Canadian boreal breeding forests toward wintering areas in Central and northern South America.
Western North Carolina lies within that migratory passage, where wooded edges, gardens, meadows, and other vegetated stopover sites can provide temporary resources along the journey. The species’ seasonal flexibility—feeding primarily on insects while broadening its diet to include fruit in fall—helps it respond to changing food availability from one stop to the next.
Framed by the late-season flowers of a Franklin meadow, this image connects the small scale of a migrating songbird with the much larger annual journey linking northern forests to tropical wintering landscapes.
For the Technically Inclined
Camera: Nikon Z9 | Lens: NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR + Nikon TC-14E III | Focal Length: 840 mm | Shutter Speed: 1/1600 | Aperture: f/5.6 | ISO: 900 | Support: Gitzo Series tripod |
Location: Franklin, North Carolina
Elevation: 2,300'
Date: 2026-09-26
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