{"id":33874,"date":"2015-09-03T04:17:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T10:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33874"},"modified":"2015-09-03T09:30:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:30:05","slug":"two-species-ive-seldom-posted-before-one-a-bird-and-one-a-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/03\/two-species-ive-seldom-posted-before-one-a-bird-and-one-a-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Species I’ve Seldom Posted Before – One A Bird And One A Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"

In fact one of them is new to my blog.<\/p>\n

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\"cedar<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week I photographed three Cedar Waxwings in Utah’s Little Emigration Canyon but only this one was in good light and not at a steep angle. Because of their dependence on sugary fruits in their diet these birds are nomadic and often difficult to locate so it was a real treat to find\u00a0three of them, especially this time of year. In this shot I like the downward-looking\u00a0pose, the good look at the distinctive yellow band at the terminal tip of the tail and the black face mask edged with white but the bird never did give me a good\u00a0view of\u00a0the namesake red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers.<\/p>\n

Ok, because of a somewhat unusual sighting on Antelope Island yesterday morning I’m now going to switch gears – from Aves to Reptilia.<\/p>\n

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\"gopher<\/p>\n

Typically when I find snakes on the island they’re already road kill but this\u00a0Gopher Snake (Bull Snake)\u00a0was very much alive and well, for the moment. It was in the middle of the\u00a0right lane of the\u00a0road on the way to Garr Ranch and at first I thought it had already\u00a0been run over because it was immobile as it sunned itself on the pavement. I love this species, partly because\u00a0I had a lot of experience with it during my teaching days (biology and zoology).<\/p>\n

I estimate that this one was about 40″ long.<\/p>\n

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\"gopher<\/p>\n

After a few closer shots of the snake we shooed it off the road and into the grass where it disappeared from view.<\/p>\n

I’m just glad we found this serpent early in the morning before there was any appreciable traffic on the south end of the road. It’s always depressing to find a smashed snake on the pavement.<\/p>\n

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

In fact one of them is new to my blog.<\/p>\n

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