{"id":72569,"date":"2019-06-10T05:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=72569"},"modified":"2019-06-10T05:20:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:20:41","slug":"western-tanager-on-an-old-stump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/western-tanager-on-an-old-stump\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Tanager On An Old Stump"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first bird of this camping trip and man was it ever early in the trip!<\/p>\n

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As I was pulling into my remote (and beautiful) dispersed campsite yesterday afternoon with my trailer still attached to my pickup I spotted two male Western Tanagers on this old stump just a few feet away. And they stayed there, or nearby, for the entire time I was leveling and unhitching the trailer. So as soon as those two tasks were accomplished I maneuvered my pickup within range and spent the next 90 minutes photographing those two males and a female before I’d even been inside my trailer!<\/p>\n

They were the tamest tanagers I’ve ever encountered, even in this remote spot where they would have little opportunity to become acclimated to vehicles or humans. This species is usually solitary so I thought it was quite unusual that the three adults were hanging out together for so long. I wonder if they’ll still be there today…<\/p>\n

But things went to hell in a hand basket after that. They were my only good birds of the afternoon and evening and then I ran into technical problems while trying to find an image to process for this post. For some unknown reason I can’t preview my images – all I can see is their file numbers on my rarely used laptop. So this shot was picked randomly (it was actually the first and only one I looked at or processed). I’m sure I have much better and more interesting tanager photos that I’ll post in the future.<\/p>\n

Another issue is processing photos on this inadequate laptop. I won’t know what this image really<\/em> looks like until I get home.<\/p>\n

And it’s cloudy out there this morning. Poop!<\/p>\n

Oh well, at least I have a decent internet connection for the time being.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – Yes, after a $400 repair bill my trailer furnace worked just fine last night. It’s a damned good thing because it’s cold out there this morning this close to the continental divide between Montana and Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n

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My first bird of this camping trip and man was it ever early in the trip!<\/p>\n

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