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<\/p>\nA two peewee day.<\/p>\n
In almost 11 years of daily blogging I’ve only posted photos of a Western Wood-Peewee a single time, way back in 2013, and that bird was perched on unattractive barbed wire. So you can imagine that it was a notable occasion for me to photograph two of them on natural perches on the same morning.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n
It happened two days ago in the mountains. This first one wasn’t particularly close and I think the background is kinda blah but I like the perch and the broadside view of the bird. But to me, because of the boring background, this isn’t much more than a documentary shot..<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n
Fifty three minutes later and further down the canyon this one landed so close to me I had very little vertical room in the frame. Once again I have a natural perch and I like the background much, much better than the background in the previous photo.<\/p>\n
Flycatcher photos don’t generate a lot of excitement when I post them and I’m perfectly fine with that but I think most of my readers can understand why getting some pretty decent shots of a species I photograph so rarely is kind of a big deal for me.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t happen every day.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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A two peewee day.<\/p>\n