![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/snowy-egret-4007b-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"snowy-egret-4007b-ron-dudley\\"")
<\/p>\nTwo keepers of two different species in flight within seconds of each other\u00a0is a rarity for me. Perhaps this is the only time it’s happened.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
1\/5000, f\/6.3, 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 A Snowy Egret in flight at Bear River MBR late this past August with the colors of\u00a0reflected vegetation in the water as the background.\u00a0My favorite aspect of this shot is the feather detail in the white plumage of the egret. Those whites are so bright (they definitely earn the “Snowy” part of their common name)\u00a0that it’s very difficult to get good detail, especially in flight when lighting conditions often change so fast. Except for a relatively small area of the right wing I have good feather definition, particularly in the wing primaries, and that seldom happens for me with this species in flight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/6400, f\/6.3, 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 And only seconds before the previous egret\u00a0photo was taken I got some shots of an American Avocet in flight. Avocets are fast and erratic in flight\u00a0making them a very difficult subject. I can think of only\u00a0two other times\u00a0when I kept any\u00a0flight shots of an avocet. I find it ironic that they’re so common around here and easy to photograph in the water but next to impossible to capture in flight.<\/p>\n For some reason this background really appeals to me.<\/p>\n I’d like to apologize to my readers for posting so many older photos recently. We’re in a weather pattern of warm overcast days and have been for weeks so decent morning light just isn’t happening.\u00a0It’s largely a waste of time (and gas) to\u00a0drive to my birding spots and then just\u00a0delete all my photos because of crappy light so I’ve been staying home and stewing in my juices with cabin fever.<\/p>\n Hopefully this weather pattern will break soon.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two keepers of two different species in flight within seconds of each other is a rarity for me. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/american-avocet-3978-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"american-avocet-3978-ron-dudley\\"")
<\/p>\n