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<\/p>\nPlus a “lifer” for me – a Warbling Vireo.<\/p>\n
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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 Of course “he” wasn’t really smelling the flowers but I thought it looked a little like he was. He had been feeding on some of the common mullein seeds lower on the flower stalk but eventually he worked his way up top where he seemed to take at least some interest in the flower. I thought it made for an interesting photo, in this case enhanced by the fact that there’s only a single flower (or two) on the entire stalk.<\/p>\n I cropped the image fairly narrow\u00a0and you’re about to see why.<\/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 The only reason I’m including this photo is for the nice look it gives us of the backside of the same bird. I’m not particularly fond of the out of focus sagebrush at right because it’s a little too bright and distracting and too close to the face of the bird\u00a0for my tastes. Both Black-capped Chickadee photos were taken in the Wasatch Mountains three days ago.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’ve often said I’m not a traditional birder because I don’t keep lists but I guess I keep something close enough to a list to know that I’ve never captured decent photos of a\u00a0Warbling Vireo, until a week ago today – also in the Wasatch Mountains. And for me that defines a “lifer” –\u00a0it isn’t\u00a0a species\u00a0I’ve never seen before but one I don’t have decent photos of.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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 I wish it had been closer and a\u00a0more attractive setting would have been nice but I got a clear shot of a species I’d never photographed\u00a0well\u00a0before so I was happy to get it. And just seeing the vireo was a treat. It gave me\u00a0about a half-dozen shots in about\u00a0this same pose before it took off.<\/p>\n Lately my mornings have mostly been occupied by appointments of various kinds and that trend will continue through\u00a0Thursday of\u00a0next week so my\u00a0bird photography\u00a0schedule has been shot all to hell. But the timing was good because I had several weeks of good shooting in the Wasatch Mountains beforehand so I don’t have to post quite so many older photos while all this “stuff” is going on (I consider these three shots to be new ones).<\/p>\n I like photos from my archives too – in fact I adore many of them but I prefer not to post them too often. “Old news” and all that…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plus a “lifer” for me – a Warbling Vireo.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/black-capped-chickadee-3136-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"black-capped-chickadee-3136-ron-dudley\\"")
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