{"id":77313,"date":"2019-10-22T05:53:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=77313"},"modified":"2019-10-22T09:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:12:06","slug":"copycats-townsends-solitaire-and-loggerhead-shrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/22\/copycats-townsends-solitaire-and-loggerhead-shrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Copycats – Townsend’s Solitaire and Loggerhead Shrike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monkey see, monkey do?<\/p>\n

Probably not but that phrase came to mind when I was culling these and other images last night.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, 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

Two weeks ago I spent some time with this Townsend’s Solitaire as it was foraging for hackberries in the Wasatch Mountains. The bird was having a difficult time balancing on top of the berry-laden bush and my shutter happened to fire at a moment when I caught its right wing up as the bird momentarily lost its balance.<\/p>\n

Kind of an interesting pose but nothing spectacular.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, 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

But less than five minutes later from the same shooting location I caught this Loggerhead Shrike in a pose that was almost identical to that of the solitaire. And the shrike lifted its wings for the same reason, to regain balance on a precarious perch. Neither bird was in the process of taking off. Perhaps the wind was blowing, I don’t remember.<\/p>\n

A minor coincidence to be sure but I still took note of it for the following reasons:<\/p>\n