{"id":31846,"date":"2015-06-07T05:14:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T11:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=31846"},"modified":"2015-06-07T05:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T11:28:08","slug":"kingbird-diving-after-nesting-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/07\/kingbird-diving-after-nesting-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingbird Diving After Nesting Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I was pleased to photograph a Western Kingbird in a flight posture and flight angle that was just a bit unusual.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

The female (only the female builds nests) was scanning the ground below for nesting material from this perch. She had apparently spotted a particular twig that interested her so she…<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0dove down at a steep angle to retrieve it. This is the shot in the four images of the series that pleased me but I thought I’d present the other three for their behavior.<\/p>\n

To give her relative position in this shot some perspective notice the tip of the twig she just left in the upper left-hand corner of the frame.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The twig was in the deep grasses that she is about to land in.<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

When she\u00a0landed I lost focus on her because of the grasses in front but she’s sharp enough that we can see the puny twig she retrieved. She had apparently spotted that little thing from her elevated perch and knew exactly what she was after. Nests are usually made from both large and small construction materials and this time her stick of choice wasn’t very impressive.<\/p>\n

I thought the behavior was interesting and I’m quite happy to have been able to get the second shot in the series.<\/p>\n

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

A few days ago I was pleased to photograph a Western Kingbird in a flight posture and flight angle that was just a bit unusual.<\/p>\n

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