{"id":62054,"date":"2018-08-08T04:59:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=62054"},"modified":"2018-08-08T05:09:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T11:09:05","slug":"juvenile-bullocks-oriole-and-chokecherries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/08\/juvenile-bullocks-oriole-and-chokecherries\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Bullock’s Oriole And Chokecherries"},"content":{"rendered":"

A species I rarely have a chance with in the wild but my luck changed yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

For several years I had many opportunities with Bullock’s Orioles when they used to come to my hummingbird feeder in my back yard. But since I don’t post or do anything else with baited or set up images you’ve (almost) never seen them on my blog. For some reason\u00a0orioles no longer appear in my yard and I miss having them around.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

That’s part of the reason I was so happy to see this juvenile show up in my viewfinder yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains. I’m fairly certain it was there for the\u00a0chokecherries but I never saw\u00a0it eat any. I think the bird was just too wary of my pickup. I got a few shots of it hiding behind the berries and then it was gone.<\/p>\n

I think the chokecherries in the image add a nice touch.<\/p>\n

The sour and acidic astringency produced in our mouths when people try to eat chokecherries apparently has no unpleasant effect on many\u00a0critters and birds – over 70 species of birds alone\u00a0are known to eat them.<\/p>\n

I tried them once\u00a0in Montana when I was a kid. As far as I’m concerned the birds are welcome to every last one of them.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note: As unpalatable as chokecherries are when eaten\u00a0straight from the bush\u00a0lots of folks eat them when used in jams, jellies and syrups. It must take a huge dose of sugar to make them appeal to our palates though. I’ve even heard of wine made from chokecherries but then some people will make wine out of just about anything. I did a little research on that subject and I suggest you don’t repeat my error. Some bizarre wine ingredients will churn your stomach…<\/em><\/p>\n

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A species I rarely have a chance with in the wild but my luck changed yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

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