{"id":20988,"date":"2013-12-28T06:32:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=20988"},"modified":"2013-12-28T06:32:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T13:32:50","slug":"male-american-kestrel-in-a-pastel-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/28\/male-american-kestrel-in-a-pastel-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Kestrel In A Pastel Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been able to get close to many male American Kestrels recently\u00a0but at least I’m seeing a few of them now.\u00a0 They were\u00a0alarmingly scarce all summer.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/640, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I found this one Christmas Eve Day on an old stapled post at Farmington Bay.\u00a0 I was sure he’d fly off as I approached in my pickup because of the noise made by my tires on the snow but this one surprised me by sticking around for a while.\u00a0 There was full sun in the background but semi-shade on the bird so the exposure was a little tricky.\u00a0 I like the pastel colors in the setting.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a01\/500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He didn’t give me many poses but I thought I’d include these two.<\/p>\n

In past years the primary prey of this species in my area\u00a0has been voles and mice but this year I’m seeing them noticeably more often with small birds.\u00a0 This reinforces my unscientific theory (based on a variety of observations)\u00a0that there’s been a significant crash in the vole population in northern Utah.\u00a0 A few months ago I asked the manager of Antelope Island State Park if he was aware of any recent studies on vole populations and he said “no, but maybe there should be”.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been able to get close to many male American Kestrels recently but at least I’m seeing a few of them now. They were alarmingly scarce all summer.<\/p>\n

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