{"id":14227,"date":"2013-04-10T06:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T12:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=14227"},"modified":"2013-04-10T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T12:30:26","slug":"grooming-american-kestrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/10\/grooming-american-kestrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Grooming American Kestrel"},"content":{"rendered":"

This male American Kestrel preened for\u00a0me for some time\u00a0as he enjoyed the security of his favorite perch.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He really worked over those tail feathers especially.\u00a0 He took each one in his bill several times\u00a0and ran it through in order to “re-lock” the hooks and barbules to make them more effective for flight.\u00a0 As you can see, they definitely were in need of some attention.<\/p>\n

But at some point in the process…<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a01\/1000, f\/8, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

he apparently got something in his mouth that didn’t taste good and he stuck out his tongue repeatedly in an effort to somehow deal with the disagreeable taste.<\/p>\n

I remember chuckling at the poor birds misfortune.\u00a0\u00a0Heartless of me…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This male American Kestrel preened for me for some time as he enjoyed the security of his favorite perch. He really worked over those tail feathers especially. <\/p>\n

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