{"id":37107,"date":"2016-02-01T06:03:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=37107"},"modified":"2016-02-01T06:03:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T13:03:05","slug":"western-scrub-jay-framed-by-snow-covered-pinyon-pine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/western-scrub-jay-framed-by-snow-covered-pinyon-pine\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Scrub Jay Framed By Snow-covered Pinyon Pine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Scrub Jays readily come to feeders but I have very few images of them because I prefer to photograph\u00a0birds\u00a0in a\u00a0natural setting. There are\u00a0several subspecies and the “interior” race found\u00a0around here is shy and furtive which only adds to my woes when I\u00a0attempt to photograph them.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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

But two weeks ago I found this bird in Ophir Canyon and it was a little more cooperative. It was apparently quite fond of this perch because it returned to the same spot several times. I like the way the bird is framed by the pinyon pine and the rousing (fluffing)\u00a0pose I caught here. The white supercilium above the eye almost looks like a dusting of snow.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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

These are noisy birds and this one called out several times while I had my lens trained on it. That call is one of the most characteristic sounds of western scrublands.\u00a0Their most frequently heard vocalization, the “scold”, was colorfully described by W. L. Dawson in 1923 as follows:<\/p>\n