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<\/p>\nThe Farmington area is hopping with blackbirds right now and many of them are displaying as if it were springtime.<\/p>\n
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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4l IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The behavior of this Brewer’s Blackbird yesterday seemed to be a combination of displaying and grooming. There was another male close by and at least at times they were obviously interacting with each other but this bird was also rousing and preening so I’m not quite sure exactly what was going on. Either way I thought the interplay of ruffled and spread feathers\u00a0with light in this shot was pretty interesting. The background\u00a0is water.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4l IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Two days earlier I photographed this male Red-winged Blackbird as it perched on phragmites and this bird was definitely displaying and singing though I caught it in-between tunes when I snapped this photo. I like the rich\u00a0colors in this\u00a0shot as compared to those in the previous image.<\/p>\n I’ve been setting up a new computer and for me that’s quite a complicated process so my posts for the next\u00a0couple of\u00a0days may (or may not) be brief. I’m also trying to learn some new\u00a0“tricks” (and prove the skeptics wrong about “old dogs”) and reserve some time for bird photography so my plate is pretty full.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Farmington area is hopping with blackbirds right now and many of them are displaying as if it were springtime.<\/p>\n![\"red-winged](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-9355-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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