{"id":16685,"date":"2013-07-04T05:19:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=16685"},"modified":"2013-07-04T05:19:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T11:19:45","slug":"sage-thrasher-attitude-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/04\/sage-thrasher-attitude-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Thrasher Attitude Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three days ago I had some more fun with Sage Thrashers on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n

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When this thrasher landed on the spindly perch it was unsteady by definition.\u00a0\u00a0And its tail was twisted sharply\u00a0to the side by the twig behind the bird and that made things significantly\u00a0worse.<\/p>\n

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To the point that the thrasher lost its balance and had to use its wing and change foot position to maintain stability.<\/p>\n

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So being no dummy and very aware of the relative position of its tail to the offending\u00a0twig the bird lifted its tail over the twig…<\/p>\n

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And placed it on the other side.\u00a0 Ahhh, that’s definitely better!<\/p>\n

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But a few frames later it seemed that the thrasher just had to turn around on the perch and eyeball the twig that had given it so much trouble.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why little things like this interest and amuse me so.\u00a0 But they do.<\/p>\n

Happy 4th of July, everyone!<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Three days ago I had some more fun with Sage Thrashers on Antelope Island. I don’t know why little things like this interest and amuse me. But they do.<\/p>\n

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