1\/4000, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nWe found a few of them yesterday morning, including this one foraging for seeds near a snow edge. I spent quite a bit of time with this male but he was quite skillledl at keeping bits of vegetation between us so I didn’t get many shots of him I like. Occasionally he’d break out in less than enthusiastic singing which is what he’s doing here.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/8, 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<\/p>\n
I never did get any of them to fully erect their ear tufts but this one raised them enough to isolate them visually.<\/p>\n
I had a couple of opportunities to get more interesting Horned Lark images but a camera malfunction and operator error stymied both of them. I wish I could blame both of them on the camera but I can’t.<\/p>\n
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A cute little cottontail for those who aren’t fans of Horned Larks. In the four minutes I spent with this little feller the only movement it made was constant nose-twitching.<\/p>\n
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On the way home along the causeway we encountered this female American Kestrel. Typically I wouldn’t post a bird perched on a sign but she was banded on both legs. The band on her right leg, like her right foot, was covered with blood so I couldn’t read those numbers but in other images the left leg number had enough detail to be deciphered. I was crazy-busy after I got home but Mia reported the band number to HawkWatch International.<\/p>\n
The island was pretty slow for photo subjects yesterday but since I fully expected to be skunked by the lack of birds or poor light or both the trip was a little better than I anticipated. We actually had good light until near the end of the morning and we found a few interesting critters.<\/p>\n
That’s a significant improvement over my recent track record on the island.<\/p>\n
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