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<\/p>\nI like both of these photos at least in part because the namesake “butter butt” of the species is so very obvious – often it isn’t. But last night on closer inspection something else of interest caught my eye.<\/p>\n
Both birds were photographed in the tree I used to call the Kingfisher Tree because for a couple of years I photographed a male and a female kingfisher in it many times and posted the photos here. Sadly it’s been many months since I’ve seen kingfishers there.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 640, 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 tree is\u00a0large with many\u00a0thousands of branches and twigs\u00a0that\u00a0typically cause annoying obstructions in front of the bird or distracting elements near or behind them. In this shot the out-of-focus\u00a0twigs are far enough behind the bird that I don’t find them particularly\u00a0offensive and I love the way the drooped wing revealed the often hidden\u00a0yellow rump.<\/p>\n There’s a pond beneath the tree and these warblers were hawking insects flying over the water.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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 This warbler, a different bird,\u00a0held its wing higher but the yellow rump is still very apparent. Did you notice anything else the two images have in common besides a Yellow-rumped Warbler on a branch with a greenish background?<\/p>\n Even though the two photos were taken over a year apart (9-24-16 and 9-27-17)\u00a0and the tree they were perched on had thousands of branches to choose from the two warblers are on the same diagonal branch and in almost the same spot on that branch and I didn’t even notice it until last night. In these versions of the images evidence of that fact is best seen by the three roundish leaf scars on the branch and its overall shape.<\/p>\n But it becomes even more\u00a0apparent in the full frame (uncropped) versions of the same two\u00a0photos below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the photo that was taken on September 24, 2016…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n and this one was taken on September 27, 2017.<\/p>\n But so what if\u00a0two warblers of the same species landed on the same perch a year apart, it’s no big deal, right?<\/p>\n Of course it isn’t but for folks like me it adds another layer of interest to the images and it also\u00a0has a practical application. Besides two beautiful birds in a natural setting with good detail and appealing poses I can and do compare the changes that have and haven’t occurred to the branch and twig over the span of almost exactly one year (that’s probably the biologist in me coming out). I can be a little OCD\u00a0about such things but the tendency to notice them\u00a0has served me well over the years as a bird photographer.\u00a0The advantage to the photographer of predicting favorite perches is obvious and this\u00a0branch is apparently a great one for hawking. As I often say, “little things matter” and I just never know when a\u00a0small observational\u00a0detail like this might come in handy in both my photography and in\u00a0my blogging.<\/p>\n It might have taken me a year or two to notice it but better late than never. And for me the condition of\u00a0that branch over a year’s time\u00a0reinforces the old adage\u00a0“The more things change the more they remain the same.”<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like both of these photos at least in part because the namesake “butter butt” of the species is so very obvious – often it isn’t. But last night on closer inspection something else of interest caught my eye.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/yellow-rumped-warbler-8151-cropped-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"yellow-rumped-warbler-8151-cropped-ron-dudley\\"")
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