{"id":116563,"date":"2022-08-14T06:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T12:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116563"},"modified":"2022-08-14T08:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T14:23:39","slug":"some-recent-birds-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/14\/some-recent-birds-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recent Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six photos, six species.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I post a small collection of recent photos that didn’t quite make the grade for a standalone post but still hold some interest for one reason or another. Each of the following photos was taken within the last three weeks.<\/p>\n

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A Turkey Vulture in the classic spread-wing posture of the species. The bird was actually tipped like this so I didn’t rotate to make it level when it wasn’t.<\/p>\n

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A Cedar Waxwing taking off in funky light. This shot has some issues but I like the look it allows us of the red, waxlike \u201cdroplets\u201d on the tips of the secondaries. I don’t often see those red tips when the wings are open.<\/p>\n

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A female Red-winged Blackbird that was in a mixed flock of Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. I don’t think females of this species get the attention they deserve.<\/p>\n

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An immature Red-tailed Hawk taking care of business. In this case the business was preening its tail feathers. I rarely like bird photos where the face and eye can’t be seen but for this pose I’ll make an exception.<\/p>\n

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A triple butt-shot of an adult American Avocet with two chicks. This photo was taken on July 25th, which I thought was pretty late in the season for chicks this age and for the adult to still have its cinnamon head and neck. Usually by then the head and neck of adults have at least begun to turn grayish-white.<\/p>\n

Which made me wonder if the timing of that color change might be hormonally tied to the actual stage of reproduction rather than to the time of year.<\/p>\n

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A presumed male Short-eared Owl scratching his face in very warm morning light. In this photo we swap a look at his eye for a very good look at his talons. If I scratched my face with those things I wouldn’t have a face left.<\/p>\n

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So there you have it, some photos of recent birds that have at least something of interest for aviphiles. If you ask me anyway.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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