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<\/p>\nAn early dose of springtime.<\/p>\n
Maybe a singing songbird will melt some of our snow and drive away my wintertime blues.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, 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>\n My time with this Yellow Warbler last summer in the Wasatch Mountains was one of my more difficult photographic challenges. The wind was blowing so even when he popped out into the open for a second or two his perch was bouncing around which made it almost impossible to keep focus locked on him. But most of the time he was partially buried in the tree so I was constantly micro-maneuvering my pickup to try to get a tunnel-view of him, usually without success.<\/p>\n He’s a little scruffy-looking but he had an excellent excuse for his unkempt appearance. He and his mate were feeding three demanding fledglings so he looked like he’d been through the proverbial ringer. The bit of debris on his bill contributes to his disheveled appearance.<\/p>\n I’m amazed he felt like singing after what he’d been through but while he was on this perch I got about a dozen shots of him in singing poses. Sadly, this was the only one that included a catch light in his eye. Notice how close the catch light is to the edge of his eye – just a slight turn of his head and it would disappear.<\/p>\n I don’t really think that posting a summer bird will melt our snow but at this point I’m becoming desperate and willing to try just about anything. We got more white stuff yesterday and last night so I don’t even want to look outside when the sun comes up.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An early dose of springtime.
\nMaybe a singing songbird will melt some of our snow and drive away my wintertime blues.<\/p>\n