{"id":64791,"date":"2018-10-20T05:17:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=64791"},"modified":"2018-10-20T05:49:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:49:23","slug":"american-pipits-in-a-fire-scar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/20\/american-pipits-in-a-fire-scar\/","title":{"rendered":"American Pipits In A Fire Scar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another effort to give common species their due.<\/p>\n

Just because a bird is common (or abundant if you prefer) doesn’t mean they don’t deserve our respect and admiration. After all, where would we be without common birds? A spring without robins? A fall without flocking blackbirds? Summer without singing meadowlarks. Winters without flickers and juncos? I simply can’t imagine.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, 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

As I mentioned in a previous post they’ve recently burned vast areas of phragmites at Bear River MBR where these photos were taken four days ago. The burned areas provide both an unusual backdrop for bird photography and apparently plenty of feeding opportunities for pipits because they’re the only places l found them foraging. These light-colored LBJ’s certainly stand out against that\u00a0charred background.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, 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 caught this bird in a wing stretch as it was foraging among the partially burned phragmites stalks.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, 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 this one in the middle of a rouse. My shutter speed wasn’t fast enough to freeze some of the fast-moving\u00a0primaries but this is one of those\u00a0situations where I think a little motion blur enhances the image.<\/p>\n

Sorry, not much text today (maybe that’s a blessing for blog followers…). After everything involved with\u00a0yesterday’s post and the frustration of being photo-skunked in the mountains yesterday morning\u00a0I was\u00a0tuckered out\u00a0last night.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

PS – I didn’t get my email notification of this post this morning. Subscribers, please let me know if you did. I hope WordPress isn’t screwing up again…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Another effort to give common species their due.<\/p>\n

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