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<\/p>\nA little splash of color and a pretty song in an otherwise dreary week.<\/p>\n
Because of persistent overcast and rain the last time I went shooting was five days ago so I’m really growing weary of all the dampness and gray skies. But on that day we had a brief break in the gloominess so I headed for the mountains and even found some birds. Few of them were close but I still got some shots I like.<\/p>\n
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1\/1250, 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 This male Yellow-rumped Warbler was one of them. He was singing in a flowering Wax Currant bush and I’ll take a pretty bird in a pretty setting any ol’ day. For some reason (probably all the twigs near the bird) I was having a difficult time locking onto him but I did get a few singing poses where he was sharp or sharp enough. I wish we could see his namesake “butterbutt” but I still like the image despite a busy background at upper left and a bright white branch behind his rump.<\/p>\n I did get a potentially very nice flight shot of one of these warblers but they were in low light and at these shutter speeds I knew that shot would be soft even before looking at it on my screen. It was.<\/p>\n I’ve lived in northern Utah for 52 years and I don’t remember a spring as wet and gloomy as this one.<\/p>\n And to think I thought we lived in a desert…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A little splash of color and a pretty song in an otherwise dreary week.<\/p>\n