{"id":104802,"date":"2021-12-07T06:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=104802"},"modified":"2021-12-07T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:36:48","slug":"american-pipits-on-a-rock-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/07\/american-pipits-on-a-rock-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"American Pipits On A Rock Pile"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first pipit photos of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I posted a single photo of an American Pipit three days ago I was surprised by how many of my readers said they’d never seen one. So today I decided to share a few more photos and some information about them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been hearing pipits and seeing small flocks of them in flight for several weeks now but until four days ago I had zero success with them. On that morning, near the Bear River, I spent some time with a few pipits as they cavorted on a rock pile.<\/p>\n

They were usually at least partially side lit but when they’d turn at just the right angle to the sun I could…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

get even light on almost their entire body. Not that side light is necessarily a bad thing.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This one came in very close and even though it turned it’s back to me it compensated by giving me a nice head turn.<\/p>\n

Most of these photos are presented in the order I took them. It was with this bird that I changed my aperture setting to f\/8 in order to have a little more depth of field because the bird was so close and I forgot to change it back. So all of the rest of the photos were taken at an aperture I wouldn’t have chosen. No big deal but it’s still operator error.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Similar pose, different perch. Soon after this shot was taken the pipit…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

turned on its perch to give me a different look.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Occasionally one of them would call as this one’s doing but their calls are often so soft and high-pitched<\/a><\/span><\/span> I sometimes have difficulty hearing them.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

One last look at an American Pipit.<\/p>\n

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Some pipit factoids:<\/p>\n