{"id":74558,"date":"2019-08-16T05:26:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T11:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=74558"},"modified":"2019-08-16T05:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T11:56:23","slug":"a-butterfingered-western-tanager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/16\/a-butterfingered-western-tanager\/","title":{"rendered":"A Butterfingered Western Tanager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or maybe I should say… butterbilled.<\/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 in the mountains I spent some time with this immature Western Tanager as “she” was enjoying a snack of serviceberries. This species feeds mostly on insects but when fruits become available they’ll take advantage of them and the serviceberries are finally beginning to ripen up.<\/p>\n

She wasn’t swallowing whole fruits. Instead her technique seemed to be to mash them up in her bill and swallow the juicy portions that squeezed into her mouth.<\/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

Several times after mashing the berry she rotated it in her bill by giving it a toss but each time she…<\/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

managed to catch it again…<\/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

until she didn’t. This time her risky technique didn’t work and she dropped it.<\/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

Her reaction to the falling berry seemed to indicate that dropping it wasn’t in her game plan. It was still only half eaten so I strongly doubt she dropped it intentionally. Her only consolation was the juicy bit of berry that remained in her mouth.<\/p>\n

A minor event in the life of a berry-eating bird but I’m happy to have captured it. I’m always interested in the little things in the lives of birds.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Or maybe I should say… butterbilled.<\/p>\n

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