{"id":36877,"date":"2016-01-23T05:43:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=36877"},"modified":"2016-01-23T05:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T12:43:31","slug":"female-red-winged-blackbird-basking-in-the-warming-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/23\/female-red-winged-blackbird-basking-in-the-warming-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Red-winged Blackbird Basking In The Warming Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sometimes have to remind myself not to ignore the common species.<\/p>\n

It’s not that I really ignore them because given a good opportunity I’ll photograph almost anything with feathers (heck, I even photographed a Starling yesterday) but I catch myself not trying\u00a0as hard with common birds and even with females\u00a0and that’s a mistake. They’re all potentially interesting subjects, no matter the species and no matter the sex.<\/p>\n

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\"red-winged<\/p>\n

1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found this cooperative female Red-winged Blackbird four days ago at the White Rock Bay Campground on Antelope Island. It was a cold and cloudy morning but we had a fortuitous “sucker hole” in the clouds for about 20 minutes and when the warming light appeared she alternated between basking in the sun on some elevated perches and foraging on the ground. Here she’s warming up a little on a dead greasewood branch.<\/p>\n

Apparently she didn’t think she was showing me her best side because…<\/p>\n

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\"red-winged<\/p>\n

1\/1000, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

she turned on her perch and presented the other.<\/p>\n

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\"red-winged<\/p>\n

1\/500, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then she flew down to the ground to forage a bit but soon she jumped up a few inches and landed on this dead sunflower stem for about three seconds before hopping down to look for more seeds.<\/p>\n

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\"redd-winged<\/p>\n

1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then she landed on one last nearby perch to warm up a little\u00a0before she flew off with several companions.<\/p>\n

It’s been said that the Red-winged Blackbird is perhaps the most abundant and most commonly studied bird of North America so my choice of this\u00a0bird as an example of a common species is a good one. Maybe one day I’ll even train my lens on a\u00a0House Sparrow.<\/p>\n

Nah…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I sometimes have to remind myself not to ignore the common species.<\/p>\n

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