{"id":158785,"date":"2024-05-14T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=158785"},"modified":"2024-05-14T06:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:03:07","slug":"male-bullocks-oriole-in-sideways-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/14\/male-bullocks-oriole-in-sideways-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Bullock’s Oriole In Sideways Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stubborn persistence paid off with a photo I really wanted to get.<\/p>\n

Long ago, Bullock’s Orioles used to show up in my yard occasionally but then they stopped coming, for years, and I don’t know why. But two days ago a beautiful adult male appeared at my feeder, repeatedly all day long. When he continued to do the same thing yesterday I became determined to photograph him in flight. But he refused to fly out of the tops of my tall Catalpa trees and down to my yard while I was outside and if I spotted him at the feeder through a window while I was inside, he always<\/span> flew off as soon as I opened the door.<\/p>\n

So I decided to try a different tactic. I waited until late afternoon when I could sit quietly in the shade on my patio, camera in hand. I know from experience that when I’m in the shade, birds tend to be much less nervous about my presence.<\/p>\n

It worked. He flew down from the trees and to my feeders several times while I was on my patio and he didn’t even seem nervous, even though I know that he knew I was there.<\/p>\n

But that was only half of the battle. I still had to get the flight shot I was after and it wouldn’t be easy.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 1250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm<\/em><\/p>\n

I got lucky.<\/p>\n

I got this single flight shot right after he took off from the feeder with most of his body turned at a 90\u00b0 angle to me. I had good light on him, he’s plenty sharp enough, his tail is flared, there’s light in his eye and I really like that wing position.<\/p>\n

I’m always impressed by how birds, whether perched or in flight, keep their heads level. No matter what their body angle is.<\/p>\n

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In the end it’s only a feeder shot, as evidenced by the feeder perch I removed in the same photo above, the neighbor’s house in the upper background and my back fence in the lower background.<\/p>\n

But I think it’s a very good feeder shot of a gorgeous bird and I’m delighted to have it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Stubborn persistence paid off with a photo I really wanted to get.<\/p>\n

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