{"id":16886,"date":"2013-07-17T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T10:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=16886"},"modified":"2013-07-17T04:44:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T10:44:49","slug":"a-sage-thrasher-kinda-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/17\/a-sage-thrasher-kinda-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sage Thrasher Kinda Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

On average I probably only have good opportunities with the elusive Sage Thrasher two or three times per year.\u00a0 This year the last day of June was one of them.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This bird landed in front of me with a juicy young\u00a0grasshopper in its beak but while it was perched here it spotted something interesting in the grasses below and..<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

promptly flew down to investigate.\u00a0 It poked around in the grasses to the left in the\u00a0 frame and came up with a larval caterpillar.\u00a0 It then hopped up onto this buffalo chip (dried bison dung) with both insects in its beak.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This bird perched long enough for me to get some static\u00a0images before removing my tc for lift-off.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This was something I hadn’t seen before.\u00a0 The thrasher actually ran across the top of the bush to gain speed for take-off.\u00a0 I didn’t get the best wing position but I like the dynamic position of the feet and legs.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This image appeals to me for several reasons.\u00a0 Because of the very limited depth of field when you’re using a 500 mm lens it’s quite difficult to get two birds sharp in the same image, especially when one of them is in flight.\u00a0 I also got eye contact from both birds and I like the background of the thrasher in flight.\u00a0 Seconds before this shot was taken the lower bird was perched on the branch that’s in front of it here.\u00a0 I wish it had stayed there a little longer so the branch wasn’t in front of the bird.<\/p>\n

Though I’ve tried giving posing\u00a0instructions to birds in the past they just never seem to take my direction…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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On average I probably only have good opportunities with the elusive Sage Thrasher two or three times per year. This year the last day of June was one of them..<\/p>\n

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