{"id":167899,"date":"2025-04-18T05:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=167899"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:18:05","slug":"some-recent-birds-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/18\/some-recent-birds-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recent Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally I post a collection of recent photos that didn’t quite make the cut as standalones on my blog but that I think are good enough, or interesting enough, to see the light of day. All of the following photos were taken in the last two weeks, all but one of them on Antelope Island or in Utah’s west desert.<\/p>\n

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A Northern Mockingbird singing up a storm on sagebrush. I kept waiting for this presumed male to perform the patented vertical flight display of the species but it never happened. It may have been just a little too early in the season.<\/p>\n

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Some of the first Turkey Vultures I’ve seen this year. Photo taken soon after sunrise.<\/p>\n

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A Loggerhead Shrike enjoying an insectivorous breakfast.<\/p>\n

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A female Burrowing Owl on the mound of her burrow. She wasn’t alone but…<\/p>\n

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I didn’t have enough depth of field to get both her and her mate in focus. Here I focused on the smaller male.<\/p>\n

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A wary Killdeer along the edge of a remote gravel road. Based on behavior, I believe this bird had a nest nearby.<\/p>\n

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A Male Brewer’s Blackbird. A weird bird performing weird behavior on a weird (but natural) perch.<\/p>\n

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The first Long-billed Curlew in decent light I’ve been able to get close to this season.<\/p>\n

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One of 3-4 Short-eared Owls I found on a recent morning. This is the only one that was in sidelight, instead of backlight.<\/p>\n

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A female Red-winged Blackbird in my neighbor’s snowball bush.<\/p>\n

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A Red-tailed Hawk letting’er fly. As I predicted, the hawk took off almost immediately after pooping but for some reason all of my takeoff and flight shots were soft. In bird photography, shit happens. Literally and metaphorically.<\/p>\n

So there you have it – a pretty good representation of the kinds of birds I’ve been seeing and photographing lately. Over the next few weeks, both numbers and varieties of birds should increase. I’m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Eleven photos of ten species.<\/p>\n

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