{"id":64403,"date":"2018-10-09T04:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=64403"},"modified":"2018-10-09T04:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T10:52:01","slug":"juvenile-and-adult-sage-thrashers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/09\/juvenile-and-adult-sage-thrashers\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile And Adult Sage Thrashers"},"content":{"rendered":"

And some very good news about migrating Rough-legged Hawks, especially for local photographers and birders.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, 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

Here’s yet another bird on the now famous (infamous?) wild rose. I never thought I’d grow tired of colorful rose hips in my images but I’m now\u00a0approaching that stage so I won’t be posting any more photos that include them anytime soon.<\/p>\n

This is an adult Sage Thrasher photographed 17 days ago in northern Utah. I like the good close look at the bird in warm light and a pretty setting but I’m not terribly fond of the green stem directly behind its head and beak.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, 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

And\u00a0this is a juvenile, especially evidenced by the yellowish\u00a0gape. This bird took me by surprise when it…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, 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

coughed up a fruit pit. Usually I see it coming but this time I didn’t\u00a0so I might not have fired a burst because in the next shot the pit couldn’t be seen after it fell. Perhaps in that shot, which I won’t include, the pit was\u00a0already out of frame at\u00a0bottom or\u00a0maybe it\u00a0was behind one of the leaves or berries as it was falling.<\/p>\n

But here part if it can be\u00a0seen in the back of the throat of the thrasher.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, 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

And the bird still didn’t cooperate very well when it took off in this direction instead of to my left. Oh well, I still think it’s an interesting look at takeoff and at least the bird turned its head so we could see its face and\u00a0eye\u00a0in good light.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not I haven’t been out photographing birds for 11 long days now! That’s due to one of my several\u00a0trips to the ER but mostly it’s because of crappy morning\u00a0weather and light. I’m pretty discouraged about that track record and about the forecast for the next few days but one bit of\u00a0great news from my good friend and HawkWatch volunteer Tana Peery Hunter has buoyed me up considerably.<\/p>\n

Yesterday in southern Idaho\u00a0Tana saw migrating\u00a0Rough-legged Hawks. Yes, as in plural! And Tana knows her raptors so I’m confident of her ID.<\/p>\n

They’re\u00a0not only on their way but they’re very, very close! I needed that good news\u00a0– thanks, Tana.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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