{"id":114191,"date":"2022-07-13T05:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T11:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=114191"},"modified":"2022-07-13T05:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T11:17:57","slug":"finally-a-gray-catbird-out-in-the-open-and-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/13\/finally-a-gray-catbird-out-in-the-open-and-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, A Gray Catbird Out In The Open And Close"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until yesterday morning my attempts at quality catbird photos this year had been jinxed.<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

While I was attempting to photograph mostly warblers in willows near a mountain stream this Gray Catbird came from out of nowhere and landed out in the open and reasonably close to me. ‘He’ only gave me time for a quick burst before he was gone so I didn’t have time to adjust my camera settings but I think things still worked out pretty well.<\/p>\n

Although it would have been nice to have had enough depth of field to get his tail sharp. Or sharper.<\/p>\n

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If the perch looks familiar it’s because I’ve posted photos of kingfishers and a few other birds on this same cut branch. It sure looks different now.<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that I was hoping for quality takeoff and flight shots if and when the catbird took off.<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But that didn’t work out. When he left his perch he dove downward at a steep angle and slightly away from me without opening his wings, causing me to lose sharp focus on his head and not giving me light in his eye. One of the few upsides to the photo is the look it gives us of some of the rusty-red undertail coverts of catbirds that can be so difficult to see.<\/p>\n

Which is the main reason I decided to include it in today’s post.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Until yesterday morning my attempts at quality catbird photos this year had been jinxed. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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