“I found this ovenbird in Allegany State Park, New York. It was springtime, and he was singing lustily at the edge of the woods. His desire to claim his territory outweighed any fear he had of me,” said Melissa Groo, who photographed this bird using a 500mm telephoto lens. “I love ovenbirds. Their strident teacher teacher refrain is such a welcome sound every spring and summer in the woods near where I live, just outside of Ithaca, New York.”