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<\/p>\nThis past spring I spent some wonderful time with a pair of Western Kingbirds as they constructed their nest.\u00a0 Well, truth be told\u00a0the female actually\u00a0did all of the heavy work but the male did his part by watching her closely and making sure she did everything just right…<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Here she’s flying into the nest with nesting material.\u00a0 She often had to perform some pretty fancy maneuvers as she approached because of obstructing twigs, which made for some interesting flight postures but it also made the photography tricky because of her unpredictable approach.<\/p>\n I like so many things about this shot but then that twig had to poke into her face and take some of the luster off for me…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In this image she’s leaving the nest from the same access point she used in the first image – you can recognize the same twigs below her.\u00a0 These were always explosive exits and I didn’t succeed in many of my attempts to capture her leaving.<\/p>\n Sadly, this attempt at nesting failed.\u00a0 The nest was mostly gone when I came back after one of my camping trips and the birds were nowhere around.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n I’m on the road again and likely will be for much of\u00a0the week.\u00a0 As usual for these camping\/photo trips I’ve prepared\u00a0posts to be published in my absence but\u00a0I’ll mostly be without internet access so I won’t be very active here while I’m gone.\u00a0 I do enjoy reading any comments you may make on my phone, though.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past spring I spent some wonderful time with a pair of Western Kingbirds as they constructed their nest. Well, truth be told the female actually did all of the heavy work but the male did his part by watching her closely and making sure she did everything just right…<\/p>\n![\"western](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/western-kingbird-8003-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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