{"id":23829,"date":"2014-05-12T05:35:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T11:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=23829"},"modified":"2014-05-12T05:35:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T11:35:21","slug":"a-potpourri-of-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/12\/a-potpourri-of-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"A Potpourri Of Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only common theme running through all of these images is that the subjects\u00a0are all\u00a0“birds of prey” (phrase used loosely).\u00a0 Each photo was taken within\u00a0the\u00a0past year.<\/p>\n

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\"red-tailed<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk had just taken off from a power pole in the west desert\u00a0after dining on a vole.\u00a0 As is sometimes the case it had a stray strand of grass stuck to its face\u00a0as a leftover from its meal.\u00a0 For me little imperfections like that are usually a dose of reality that doesn’t bother me.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here a male Osprey is delivering a partially eaten fish to its mate on the nest at Flaming Gorge, Utah.\u00a0 As is typical of the species this male had caught the fish and consumed part of it before giving it to the female.\u00a0 And speaking of “little imperfections” you’ll notice the flying insect in the upper right-hand corner.\u00a0 It could easily be cloned out but it works just fine for me because it’s sharp.\u00a0 I did clone out another one that was blurry and looked like a dust spot.<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a01\/1250, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This dark morph Swainson’s Hawk is taking off from its sagebrush perch in the Centennial Valley of southwest Montana.\u00a0 The image quality isn’t great but I like the take-off pose and the look at the plumage patterns under the wing.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0This image of a Peregrine Falcon was taken earlier this spring near Capitol Reef National Park.\u00a0 The bird had been feeding on a female Cinnamon Teal which explains\u00a0the bloody feet.<\/p>\n

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

\u00a01\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, I know I’m stretching things a bit to include a Loggerhead Shrike in a post about\u00a0birds of prey or raptors but I’m not stretching them much.\u00a0 These ferocious little rodent and bird-killing, prey-impaling “butcher birds”s are often referred to as raptor wannabe’s for good\u00a0 reason.\u00a0 This adult was\u00a0hunting from a sagebrush perch last month on Antelope Island.\u00a0 Upper background is the Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

I haven’t posted many\u00a0birds of prey\u00a0of late so this morning I decided to scratch my itch and rectify the situation.<\/p>\n

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

The only common theme running through all of these images is that the subjects are all “birds of prey” (phrase used loosely). Each photo was taken within the past year.<\/p>\n

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