{"id":17673,"date":"2013-08-12T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=17673"},"modified":"2013-08-11T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T00:00:30","slug":"loggerhead-shrike-sagebrush-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/loggerhead-shrike-sagebrush-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Loggerhead Shrike – Sagebrush Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month I was able to get close enough to this adult Loggerhead Shrike that I had to remove my teleconverter in order\u00a0to give me enough wiggle room when it took off so that I didn’t clip any body parts (a rare event for me with the more skittish adults.)\u00a0\u00a0Significantly more often\u00a0than 9 times out of 10 something goes wrong with a shot like this – the bird takes off away from me, I don’t have enough light and\/or shutter speed or the setting or background are a mess.\u00a0 This was one I thought worked out pretty well.<\/p>\n

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\"loggerhead<\/a><\/p>\n

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

During much of the year the breast, belly and neck\u00a0of these adult birds are white but you’ll notice that this\u00a0shrike is “wearing to dark” – as the plumage becomes worn the darker bases of the feathers that we don’t usually see are exposed, so feathers in those areas now appear significantly darker than usual\u00a0(as was documented and discussed in this post<\/a> several weeks ago).<\/p>\n

Since that discussion,\u00a0which included knowledgeable comments from others,\u00a0I’ve noticed the same phenomenon (wearing to dark) in several other species, including Chukars.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how much I learn from my readers.\u00a0 Thanks for that!<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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During much of the year the breast and belly of these adult birds are white but you’ll notice that this shrike is “wearing to dark” – as the plumage becomes worn the darker bases of the feathers that we don’t usually see are exposed, so feathers in those areas now appear significantly darker than usual (as was documented and discussed in this post several weeks ago).<\/p>\n

Since that discussion which included knowledgeable comments from others I’ve noticed the same phenomenon (wearing to dark) in several other species, including Chukars.<\/p>\n

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