{"id":52840,"date":"2017-10-23T04:55:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=52840"},"modified":"2017-10-23T05:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T11:47:22","slug":"a-hawk-a-meadowlark-and-a-kingfisher-engulfed-in-the-golds-of-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/23\/a-hawk-a-meadowlark-and-a-kingfisher-engulfed-in-the-golds-of-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hawk, A Meadowlark And A Kingfisher Engulfed In The Golds Of Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The golds of fall\u00a0come in many tones and shapes, just like the birds I often find surrounded by them.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Immediately\u00a0after leaving Farmington Bay\u00a0WMA yesterday morning we somewhat unexpectedly found this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk perched beneath a canopy of golden leaves. The bird was\u00a0slightly backlit so there’s no light on its face but I like the pre-takeoff pose, the colors of the leaves and even part of the perch that\u00a0to my eye resembles the profile of\u00a0an approaching raptor in flight (maybe that’s a bit of a stretch but it did immediately come to mind when I saw the photo).<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier\u00a0the same morning I photographed this Western Meadowlark perched on\u00a0rabbitbrush along the Antelope Island causeway. I’ve always loved flowering rabbitbrush as a perch and wished that more birds would perch on it but many of them seem to avoid\u00a0rabbitbrush for some reason. Perhaps it’s because of the smell of the flowers.\u00a0Some folks like that smell because it reminds them of pineapple but to others it has a foul, rubbery smell\u00a0giving rise to its species name “nauseosa”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some humans are allergic to rabbitbrush pollen\u00a0but thankfully I don’t have that problem. Living where I do I’d be in a world of hurt if I did.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Yup, I’m still working on kingfishers and usually failing miserably as of late. I photographed this male several days ago as he took off after another fish. This was one of the relatively few times he was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0do wish he’d been a little\u00a0closer for better detail on the bird\u00a0but for me those beautiful background colors from the turning leaves deserve some space of their own anyway. The kingfisher is centered in the frame because I didn’t have any choice.<\/p>\n

This is a special time of\u00a0year here in northern Utah because of the fall colors. The golds of our cottonwoods in the valley bottoms and aspens higher up and the reds of the scrub oaks on the lower slopes of the mountains can make\u00a0very pleasing additions to the backgrounds of my bird photos.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0they occasionally help to\u00a0mitigate some of their shortcomings…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The golds of fall come in many tones and shapes, just like the birds I often find surrounded by them.<\/p>\n

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