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<\/p>\nPlus, evidence that I can do something other than photograph birds.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Six days ago I found a group of six hen Cinnamon Teals huddled together in a spot that I could only see through a narrow window in the phrags between us. At first the two foreground hens were perched peacefully on the floating phrag stems but eventually the duck on the right got tired of sharing their mutual perch so she chased off the other hen, which is when I took this photo.<\/p>\n It’s a busy, nearly monochrome photo but I thought the behavior was interesting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yesterday morning I had every expectation to go shooting so I’d have some newer photos to post to my blog. The forecast was for sunny (not partly sunny, not mostly sunny, but sunny<\/span><\/em>) skies, but when I got up the wind was howling and it was mostly cloudy for the rest of the morning. Needless to say, I stayed home.<\/p>\n So, what did I do instead?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I spent most of the day grocery shopping and slaving away in the kitchen and ended up with a boatload of cheese manicotti.\u00a0 We had manicotti for dinner last night and I’ll freeze most of the rest. I’ll give one pan of it to my ex-wife and still very good friend Diane Olson. Diane’s addicted to my manicotti and has been for decades, so she always (and I do mean always<\/em>) gets her fair share.<\/p>\n See, I can actually do something other than photograph birds. Evidence, if not proof, that I’m not a one trick pony.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/manicotti-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"manicotti-ron-dudley\\"")
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