{"id":116630,"date":"2022-08-15T04:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116630"},"modified":"2022-08-15T04:50:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:50:51","slug":"mountain-bluebirds-at-a-natural-nest-cavity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/15\/mountain-bluebirds-at-a-natural-nest-cavity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Bluebirds At A Natural Nest Cavity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ownership of the cavity was yet to be decided.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

These are older photos of a pair of Mountain Bluebirds who were competing with a male Northern Flicker for a nest cavity in an aspen in Clark County, Idaho. It was early in the breeding season and “ownership” was still up in the air.<\/p>\n

Both bluebirds repeatedly landed at the cavity to check it out (this is the female) and twice I saw her bring nesting material to the cavity but at least one of those times she left with the nesting material without entering the cavity.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The male performed his own inspections. Here he’s leaning out of the way to allow her access as she approaches. Sometimes she’d enter the cavity with him still clinging to the outside, but other times…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

he vamoosed just before she got there.<\/p>\n

These photos are over seven years old and when I stumbled across them last night and realized I’d never posted them before I decided they were interesting enough to rate a post of their own. I hope my readers agree.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Ownership of the cavity was yet to be decided. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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