{"id":101097,"date":"2021-08-07T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101097"},"modified":"2021-08-07T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T16:29:00","slug":"gray-partridge-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/07\/gray-partridge-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Partridge Running"},"content":{"rendered":"

It isn’t easy to get a running bird sharp.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600. f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is an older photo of a Gray Partridge taken on the Montana family farm in August of 2012. I took an entire series of this bird while it was running and to my amazement nearly all of them were sharp, probably due to luck more than skill. I wish I had more of a head turn toward me but we still have a good look at the entire bird.<\/p>\n

This introduced species was fairly common on the farm when I was growing up and it still is. Back in the day most folks called them Hungarian Partridges or ‘Huns” for short but I think their actual common name is finally catching on among at least some of the locals.<\/p>\n

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The subject of today’s post was inspired by my younger sister Sheila Dudley Olson. Sheila and her husband Randy live in Colorado but they just returned from a 17 day road trip that included time spent on the Montana farm. She called me last night and excitedly told me about a large covey of what she thought might be “partridges” that they saw on the farm, including adults and a whole slew of half-grown chicks. Sheila was pretty young for much of the time we lived on the farm so she had no memory of the “Huns” living there, or their real name.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, thanks to the California and Oregon wildfires, Salt Lake City had the highly unfortunate distinction of officially having the “worst air in the world<\/a><\/span><\/span>“. As a result I’ve been hunkered down in the house in recent days (it’s actually dangerous to breathe outside) and not photographing birds so until I talked to Sheila last night I wasn’t sure what I was going to post this morning.<\/p>\n

Gray Partridge, good idea!<\/p>\n

Thanks for the inspiration, Baby Sis. This one’s for you.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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