{"id":147742,"date":"2023-12-04T06:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=147742"},"modified":"2023-12-04T06:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:49:44","slug":"some-recent-birds-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/04\/some-recent-birds-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recent Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine photos, six species.<\/p>\n

A sampling of bird photos I’ve taken recently. All of these shots were taken within the last several weeks during two trips I made to a remote area of Box Elder County and one trip to Farmington Bay WMA. None of them will win any prizes but collectively I think they’re a pretty good representation of the birds I’ve been photographing lately.<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A small part of a very large flock of Canada Geese that I inadvertently flushed from a pond (the water was moving so it wasn’t iced over) as I slowly drove by less than a minute after sunrise. They’re flying directly east, with the sun barely peeking over the mountains just out of frame to the right.<\/p>\n

It was downright cold that morning, only…<\/p>\n

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16\u00b0 F. – the coldest temps I’ve seen so far this winter. It made me feel bad for flushing the geese and making them fly unexpectedly in such frigid weather.<\/p>\n

The following four songbird photos were taken at a clump of bushes that was sidelit in early morning so the lighting was difficult, especially for action shots.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A White-crowned Sparrow at takeoff. Flight shots were a real challenge in the sidelight. At least I got light in the bird’s eye.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A handsome Dark-eyed Junco looking back at me. I still haven’t seen any juncos at my backyard feeder this winter but I’d much rather photograph them in the wild anyway.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Another junco several minutes later.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 1250, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A very curious American Goldfinch that I’m convinced only came in close to check me out while I was photographing the sparrows and juncos.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

I was a little slow on the trigger when this drake Gadwall took off, so I cropped the photo to include both the bird and the water splash he made when he launched. After this shot I didn’t move my lens upward fast enough to keep him in frame, but three shots later I…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

managed to get him in frame and in focus again. Barely.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A far-away Golden Eagle that was trying to decide if I was already too close for comfort. A few seconds later ‘he’ took off but all of my flight shots were soft because he was so close to the rocks in the background I couldn’t keep my active focus point locked on him. All I got was more sharp rocks with a soft bird.<\/p>\n

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It’s been a while since I’ve been in the field, in part because of the slow-moving snowstorm we’ve had for the last few days. We’ve had a significant amount of moisture in the form of a mix of rain and snow in the valleys, but the mountains have been dumped on. Alta Ski Resort got just over 3 1\/2′ of snow, exactly as predicted. Sometimes the forecasters actually get it right.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow looks sunny so I hope to have some new photos soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Nine photos, six species.<\/p>\n

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