{"id":13511,"date":"2013-03-21T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=13511"},"modified":"2013-03-20T18:19:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T00:19:19","slug":"killdeer-chick-with-an-extra-dose-of-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/21\/killdeer-chick-with-an-extra-dose-of-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"Killdeer Chick With An Extra Dose Of Personality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, yesterday may have been the first day of spring but so far I’m not impressed – it’s been dreary and wet and it’s supposed to be very cold through the weekend.\u00a0 I’ll even have to turn the heat on in my de-winterized camping trailer to keep the plumbing from freezing,\u00a0 Ugh…<\/p>\n

So I’ve been stuck in the house and was\u00a0going through some\u00a0older images when I came across this series of a very young Killdeer chick at Farmington Bay WMA.\u00a0 It was in the grasses near a parking lot and it was just as curious about me and my pickup as I was about it.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’d taken a few shots of this chick just after the sun came up but it was so buried in the grasses that the images weren’t very good but when I came back to the parking lot 51 minutes later it was in an area where the grasses weren’t quite as thick.\u00a0 \u00a0At first it just watched me and didn’t do much.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the parents was nearby but neither bird seemed\u00a0nervous about my presence in my vehicle.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0And soon it walked closer to me to check me out.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Then it decided to do some posing for the camera.\u00a0 First a leg stretch…<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

and then it stretched that stubby little wing with the leg still partly extended.\u00a0 I liked the awkward pose from the gawky youngster.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Then it settled in for a prolonged, one-legged rest.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/640, f\/11, ISO 400, 400 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0In fact, it could\u00a0barely stay awake (I know that feeling well…)<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/640, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0This ungainly pose was at the end of another wing stretch.<\/p>\n

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\"killdeer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 640, 400 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Eventually it took its own sweet time wandering off into the grasses and joined its parent.<\/p>\n

Killdeer chicks are precocial so they leave the nest soon after their down dries after hatching and they feed themselves, though the parents look after them for some time.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m not sure how old this one was\u00a0but it was very small.\u00a0 At times, and at the right angle, it looked like a bi-colored ping pong ball with legs.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Well, yesterday may have been the first day of spring but so far I’m not impressed – it’s been dreary and wet and it’s supposed to be very cold through the weekend.\u00a0 I’ll even have to turn the heat on in my de-winterized camping trailer to keep the plumbing from freezing,\u00a0 Ugh… So I’ve been stuck in the house and was\u00a0going through some\u00a0older images when I came across this series of a very young Killdeer chick at Farmington Bay WMA.\u00a0 It was in the grasses near a parking lot and it was just as curious about me and my pickup as I was about it.   \u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in I’d taken a few shots of this chick just after the sun came up but it was so buried in the grasses that the images weren’t very good but when I came back to the parking lot 51 minutes later it was in an area where the grasses weren’t quite as thick.\u00a0 \u00a0At first it just watched me and didn’t do much.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the parents was nearby but neither bird seemed\u00a0nervous about my presence in my vehicle.     \u00a0\u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in \u00a0And soon it walked closer to me to check me out.     \u00a01\/500, f\/11, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not set up or called in \u00a0Then it decided to do some posing for…<\/p>\n

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