{"id":161053,"date":"2024-06-30T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=161053"},"modified":"2024-06-30T06:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T12:55:52","slug":"some-recent-birds-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/30\/some-recent-birds-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recent Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven photos of six species.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I post a collection of recent bird photos that for various reasons don’t quite measure up to standalone status on my blog but collectively I believe they’ll be of interest to my viewers. Those types of blog posts seem to be appreciated by many followers of Feathered Photography and I enjoy the process of winnowing through my recent photos to choose candidates for inclusion.<\/p>\n

Each of the following photos was taken in the last 2 1\/2 weeks in the Wasatch Mountains, the west desert or at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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A well-lit juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron in flight with the deeply shaded Promontory Mountains in the background. I like the contrast in lighting.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of contrast, the contrast between juvenile and adult Black-crowned Night Herons is pretty dramatic. This adult is recovering after losing its balance while hunting in the swampy water.<\/p>\n

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My first Gray Catbird of the year. I don’t much like the two twigs behind the bird’s head but at least I captured a calling pose.<\/p>\n

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A Mourning Dove in the west desert. I used to take Mourning Doves pretty much for granted but these days we’re so overrun by invasive Eurasian Collared Doves I appreciate each and every time I get a Mourning Dove in my viewfinder. Especially in a wild and natural setting.<\/p>\n

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A juvenile (late first year) Swainson’s Hawk in mid-rouse.<\/p>\n

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A female Wilson’s Phalarope on a grassy island at Bear River MBR. Most of my photos of this species show them in water but this bird had chicks nearby. Somewhere in that grass, four tiny phalarope chicks are hiding.<\/p>\n

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My first Short-eared Owl in a very long time. If my friend Shane hadn’t spotted this bird I’d have never seen it. It wasn’t close and it was back\/side lit but I was probably more excited about seeing this bird than I was about any other bird that entire, long morning.<\/p>\n

Of course it reminded me of Galileo<\/a><\/span><\/span>. This owl was in roughly the same area where we found Galileo entangled in barbed wire almost exactly eight years ago, so I told Shane the story of finding Galileo and cutting him out of the wire. I even showed Shane the patched barbed wire I’d cut.<\/p>\n

Memories…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Seven photos of six species.<\/p>\n

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