{"id":4511,"date":"2012-02-27T07:34:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2012-02-27T07:34:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:34:21","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-22-wet-and-bedraggled-prairie-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/27\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-22-wet-and-bedraggled-prairie-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #22 – Wet And Bedraggled Prairie Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several months this winter this young Prairie Falcon would hang around\u00a0the Antelope Island causeway in the early mornings hunting ducks (mostly Northern Shovelers).\u00a0 There’s very few ducks there now so the falcon spends most of its time on the island (rather than on the causeway)\u00a0hunting Western Meadowlarks and Horned Larks.\u00a0 Since\u00a0falcons are\u00a0much more difficult to approach in the wide open expanses of the island I doubt I’ll get any more closeups of this bird anytime soon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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On this mostly cloudy morning the light was poor but shortly after I approached this bird there was just enough sun coming through a thin spot in the clouds to give me some light in the eyes.\u00a0 Some of the lower feathers of the falcon were wet and bedraggled which I assume was caused by hunting ducks in the shallows of the lake.<\/p>\n

I’m always delighted whenever I can get close enough to one of the larger falcons that I can remove my teleconverter.\u00a0 To say that doesn’t happen very often is huge understatement.<\/p>\n

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

For several months this winter this young Prairie Falcon would hang around\u00a0the Antelope Island causeway in the early mornings hunting ducks (mostly Northern Shovelers).\u00a0 There’s very few ducks there now so the falcon spends most of its time on the island (rather than on the causeway)\u00a0hunting Western Meadowlarks and Horned Larks.\u00a0 Since\u00a0falcons are\u00a0much more difficult to approach in the wide open expanses of the island I doubt I’ll get any more closeups of this bird anytime soon.\u00a0\u00a0   \u00a01\/1600, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4 On this mostly cloudy morning the light was poor but shortly after I approached this bird there was just enough sun coming through a thin spot in the clouds to give me some light in the eyes.\u00a0 Some of the lower feathers of the falcon were wet and bedraggled which I assume was caused by hunting ducks in the shallows of the lake. I’m always delighted whenever I can get close enough to one of the larger falcons that I can remove my teleconverter.\u00a0 To say that doesn’t happen very often is huge understatement. Ron<\/p>\n

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