{"id":34046,"date":"2015-09-18T06:07:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34046"},"modified":"2015-09-18T06:08:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:08:45","slug":"four-poses-from-a-northern-flicker-on-an-old-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/four-poses-from-a-northern-flicker-on-an-old-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Poses From A Northern Flicker On An Old Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

This male Northern Flicker chose a perch that in my experience is more typical of one preferred by a raptor.<\/p>\n

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I photographed him last week in Montana’s Centennial Valley. This is one of the sturdier and more substantial corner posts used in an old fence line where two roads and two fences intersect. Like most flickers this one was extremely wary as I approached in my pickup and I was surprised that it gave me any chance at all but it was a cold morning and I suspect the temperature made it a little “stickier”.<\/p>\n

The wire is what it is. At least it isn’t barbed…<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

He crawled up to the top of the post and gave me several poses in pretty decent light.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

He’s partially side-lit here but I like the effect.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then he turned in this direction to take off. He didn’t give me a lot of time but it was significantly more than I usually get from the species and I also appreciate the graded background that includes part of the Centennial Valley instead of just plain blue sky.<\/p>\n

My experience with this bird reminded me of the last time I was able to photograph a flicker up close – in May at the nest cavity-filled aspen tree (with active nests and eggs inside some of the cavities)\u00a0that some ignoramus chopped down . That still makes me angry every time I think about it. And the morning after I photographed this flicker\u00a0we found the live\u00a0Barn Owl struggling and hanging from barbed wire.<\/p>\n

The “hand of man” can be a cruel one…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This male Northern Flicker chose a perch that in my experience is more typical of one preferred by a raptor.<\/p>\n

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