{"id":4294,"date":"2012-02-16T12:50:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2012-02-16T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T19:58:50","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-20-american-kestrel-with-moxie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-20-american-kestrel-with-moxie\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #20 – American Kestrel With Moxie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope you’ll bear with me but for this post I decided to go whimsical.\u00a0 This image isn’t particularly strong technically but it always brings a smile to my face\u00a0and I thought others might enjoy it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This plastic owl sits atop a weather station transmitter at Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area.\u00a0 The obvious purpose of the owl is to scare birds away from the transmitter.\u00a0 You can see how well it works with kestrels.<\/p>\n

American Kestrels are just about the only species of bird that I’ve seen\u00a0dare to\u00a0perch on top of this phony Great Horned Owl.\u00a0 I’ve always admired these courageous little falcons for their pluck and wondered, only slightly in jest, if they might have a bit of a Napoleon complex.\u00a0\u00a0 Truly a bird with cojones – both sexes.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hope you’ll bear with me but for this post I decided to go whimsical.\u00a0 This image isn’t particularly strong technically but it always brings a smile to my face\u00a0and I thought others might enjoy it.\u00a0     1\/1250, f\/10, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc \u00a0 This plastic owl sits atop a weather station transmitter at Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area.\u00a0 The obvious purpose of the owl is to scare birds away from the transmitter.\u00a0 You can see how well it works with kestrels. American Kestrels are just about the only species of bird that I’ve seen\u00a0dare to\u00a0perch on top of this phony Great Horned Owl.\u00a0 I’ve always admired these courageous little falcons for their pluck and wondered, only slightly in jest, if they might have a bit of a Napoleon complex.\u00a0\u00a0 Truly a bird with cojones – both sexes. Ron<\/p>\n

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