{"id":28331,"date":"2014-12-08T17:23:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=28331"},"modified":"2014-12-08T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:23:50","slug":"loggerhead-shrike-on-winter-rabbitbrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/08\/loggerhead-shrike-on-winter-rabbitbrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Loggerhead Shrike On Winter Rabbitbrush"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally photographed another Loggerhead Shrike in a nice setting this morning.\u00a0 It’s been a while.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISo 500, Canon 7D Mark ll, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though many of our shrikes migrate south for the winter there are some that are year round residents, especially during mild winters like the one we’re having so far.\u00a0 I photographed this bird this morning on Antelope Island as it perched on last summer’s dried rabbitbrush flowers.\u00a0 I like the soft textures and colors of rabbitbrush this time of year and there’s plenty of it on the island though I wish birds would perch on it more often.\u00a0 This shrike flitted from ugly perch (pavilion roof) to ugly perch (campsite marker post) to even uglier perch (asphalt road)\u00a0for several minutes before it decided to humor me with\u00a0a perch I liked.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISo 500, Canon 7D Mark ll, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u00a0stayed on the bush for some time but didn’t give me a large variety of poses, though I do like the shaggy mane on this one.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISo 500, Canon 7D Mark ll, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually the bird squatted down a little\u00a0and looked grumpy, as shrikes are prone to do.<\/p>\n

It was fun to finally find some birds again on the island – they’ve been very scarce for some time and this\u00a0morning some of them even cooperated, including White-crowned Sparrows, Black-billed\u00a0Magpies and this shrike.\u00a0 I even\u00a0photographed a Mountain Chickadee – a first for me on the island and one of my few ever.\u00a0\u00a0Not a lot of variety but it’s an improvement over recent months and after all, we are in a desert and it’s winter.<\/p>\n

Now if the Chukars would only come out of hiding…<\/p>\n

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

I finally photographed another Loggerhead Shrike in a nice setting this morning. It’s been a while.<\/p>\n

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