{"id":72346,"date":"2019-06-03T04:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=72346"},"modified":"2019-06-03T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:07:10","slug":"a-black-crowned-night-heron-and-a-long-tailed-weasel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/03\/a-black-crowned-night-heron-and-a-long-tailed-weasel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black-crowned Night Heron And A Long-tailed Weasel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a pretty good day at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, 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

One of my first good birds of the morning was this Black-crowned Night Heron but “he” had his challenges. My best look at him was through a narrow tunnel through the vegetation so I had to micro-maneuver my pickup to get a few shots where he didn’t have out-of-focus reeds in front of him. Whenever he moved, even slightly, he was partially blocked by vegetation again.<\/p>\n

With my teleconverter attached I was just a little too close to get a composition I prefer in many of my shots. This one is full frame (uncropped) but I think the composition works, in part because of his slightly stooped over pose.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, 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

In this shot a more erect posture required a vertical crop so I don’t have quite as much room up top as I’d like but I do enjoy the detail, even on this smooth textured bird.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, 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

While he was turned the other way and had out-of-focus vegetation in front of him he snagged a very small fish. At this rate he’d have to catch dozens of them to keep from starving.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, 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

Just under an hour later this Long-tailed Weasel crossed the road in front of me. It was pretty far away and sidelit but I was able to get a few shots with some light on the face.<\/p>\n

When I first looked at this image I was confused for a few moments. Long-tailed Weasels have black-tipped tails but in this specimen the black tip appears to be missing. I’ve heard of a few documented cases where weasels have lost their black tip in fights but I figured that was probably unlikely in this case.<\/p>\n

Then I realized that what I was seeing as the “tail” was really a foxtail seed head and the actual tail was mostly out of sight.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, 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

A different pose revealed the black tip of the tail. Silly me.<\/p>\n

For some reason none of my weasel shots were quite as sharp as they should have been and that disappointed me. But any day I photograph a weasel is a good one.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yesterday was a pretty good day at Bear River MBR but any day I photograph a weasel is a good one.<\/p>\n

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