Song Sparrow eating midges<\/a><\/span><\/span> I posted photos of yesterday and the two birds I’m posting photos of today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nThis Snowy Egret spent a long time doing their patented ‘shuffle-step’ with his feet before ‘he’ eventually scared up this small fish that he actually caught (he had quite a few misses). His black bill doesn’t show up particularly well against the dark water but the fish stands out a little better.<\/p>\n
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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 1250, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nEarlier that morning I found this male Yellow-rumped Warbler (aka butterbutt) grooming on an isolated branch in a thicket of twigs and emerging leaves that were at least far enough behind him to be rendered into a soft bokeh by my lens. He wasn’t very close to me but my shots of him were sharp so they stood up reasonably well to substantial cropping.<\/p>\n
You’re going to see more of this bird soon because he put on quite a show for me. He had just taken his morning bath so he was doing the shimmy-shake and performing some pretty impressive gyrations in his attempt to dry off and get his feathers in order. This bird photographer went more than a little overboard with the shutter button so I have 696 photos of him to review and cull before I can post photos of his performance..<\/p>\n
I think\/hope it’ll be worth the wait.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
On an unrelated note:<\/em><\/p>\nFor those of you who ordered amaranth seeds from me last fall, my ‘volunteer’ amaranth seeds have sprouted. When the young plants first emerge they’re teeny-tiny (of course they are, the seeds are almost microscopic) and they’re reddish-purple. They’re very easy to miss unless you look for the color so I thought I’d tell you what to look for.<\/em><\/p>\nSpeaking of “easy to miss”, yesterday I accidentally tilled up a row of Swiss Chard that had just barely begun to sprout (I planted them late) so I thought a heads up to my readers was in order. Don’t do what I did. I had to re-plant.<\/em><\/p>\nI should have taken photos of the tiny amaranth seedlings. I’ll try to remember to do it today and post one of them soon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Snowy Egret with a fish and a grooming Yellow-rumped Warbler. (2 photos)<\/p>\n
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