{"id":3773,"date":"2012-01-13T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2012-01-13T06:47:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T13:47:27","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-13-puffed-up-chukar-in-golden-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/13\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-13-puffed-up-chukar-in-golden-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like…#13 – Puffed-Up Chukar In Golden Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

During spring and early summer Chukars habitually call from large rock perches\u00a0but in winter they’re secretive, elusive and very difficult to approach.\u00a0 On the rare occasions I can get close to the species this time of year they’re buried in the vegetation and I can’t get a clear shot.<\/p>\n

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But I found this bird on\u00a0a nice boulder perch last month on one of the first very cold mornings of the winter.\u00a0 The sun had just come up over the Wasatch Mountains and this Chukar was determined to absorb some heat from the warming rays so it hardly moved a feather for the several minutes I was able to keep it in frame.\u00a0 At times like this they fluff up their insulating feathers and always remind me of the Pillsbury Dough Boy.\u00a0 Or perhaps the bird simply swallowed a softball, ya think?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Full disclosure – I cloned out a couple of\u00a0bird droppings on the rock which is something I seldom do but in this case they were quite conspicuous and distracting.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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During spring and early summer Chukars habitually call from large rock perches\u00a0but in winter they’re secretive, elusive and very difficult to approach.\u00a0 On the rare occasions I can get close to the species this time of year they’re buried in the vegetation and I can’t get a clear shot.   \u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 800, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc But I found this bird on\u00a0a nice boulder perch last month on one of the first very cold mornings of the winter.\u00a0 The sun had just come up over the Wasatch Mountains and this Chukar was determined to absorb some heat from the warming rays so it hardly moved a feather for the several minutes I was able to keep it in frame.\u00a0 At times like this they fluff up their insulating feathers and always remind me of the Pillsbury Dough Boy.\u00a0 Or perhaps the bird simply swallowed a softball, ya think?\u00a0 Full disclosure – I cloned out a couple of\u00a0bird droppings on the rock which is something I seldom do but in this case they were quite conspicuous and distracting. Ron  <\/p>\n

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