{"id":72930,"date":"2019-06-25T05:18:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=72930"},"modified":"2019-06-25T05:54:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:54:48","slug":"willow-flycatcher-in-contrasting-poses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/25\/willow-flycatcher-in-contrasting-poses\/","title":{"rendered":"Willow Flycatcher In Contrasting Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of these photos is probably my favorite of the species so far.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

Yesterday morning I had my best opportunity yet with the Willow Flycatcher I’ve sporadically photographed in the mountains over the last couple of weeks. This time I parked my pickup in a slightly different spot in hopes that he’d land on this perch again. Previous times when he’s used it my view of him was mostly blocked and this time our “plan” actually worked because he landed here twice while I was parked in my new spot.<\/p>\n

He has kind of a grumpy bored look about him but otherwise I’m pleased with the photo. I’m mystified by the source of the rusty reds at lower right – my only guess is that it might be a small clump of dying leaves in one of the background bushes.<\/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 singing he was too close to get a composition I liked so I took some shots vertically and I’m glad I did – otherwise there wouldn’t have been enough room at the top of the frame. It turns out that I like this shot best of all I’ve taken of the species so far.<\/p>\n

This bird had a rather distinctive singing style that almost looked like he was physically trying to throw each syllable of his “fitz-bew” call forward using jerky head and neck movements.<\/p>\n

If you have the interest here’s a link to a video clip of a Willow Flycatcher singing his “fitz-bew” song.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – Sorry about the premature email with a link to this post that went out to subscribers last night. Yes, I did it again. When all I had imported into the post was these two photos (with no text) I accidentally hit the “Publish” button instead of the “Preview” button.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hell, they both start with “P” – how was I to know that made a difference…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Late addendum: I never received my post email this morning, which probably means other subscribers didn’t either. Bad stuff usually happens in three’s – I wonder what’s next.<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of these photos is probably my favorite of the species so far.<\/p>\n

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