{"id":30507,"date":"2015-04-05T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=30507"},"modified":"2015-04-05T07:41:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T13:41:50","slug":"chukar-negotiating-a-slippery-slope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/05\/chukar-negotiating-a-slippery-slope\/","title":{"rendered":"Chukar Negotiating A Slippery Slope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chukars prefer not to fly and they don’t like to slip and fall so they’re very careful when negotiating slippery, steep surfaces.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I photographed this Chukar two weeks ago as it was basking in the sun atop one of the large Tintic Quartzite boulders on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it eventually decided to leave its perch, as usual\u00a0it chose to walk down the increasingly steep slope as far as it could before\u00a0hopping down into the grasses. \u00a0These ancient rocks (550 million years old) have weathered to very smooth and slick\u00a0surfaces that are difficult to negotiate safely (especially when wet)\u00a0so the\u00a0bird was very deliberate and seemed to slowly and carefully plan its\u00a0path as it came down the\u00a0boulder which I thought made these images\u00a0somewhat interesting.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0It would place one foot and then look and apparently plan where its next foot was going.<\/p>\n

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The bird turned toward me during its steep descent and eventually exited stage right (our left).<\/p>\n

Nothing dramatic occurred – the\u00a0Chukar didn’t slip or fall and it wasn’t plucked off the rock by a raptor. But I enjoy the little things about behavior and this is one of them.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Happy Easter everyone!<\/p>\n

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Chukars prefer not to fly and they don’t like to slip and fall so they’re very careful when negotiating slippery, steep surfaces.<\/p>\n

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