{"id":77627,"date":"2019-10-29T05:44:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=77627"},"modified":"2019-10-29T07:19:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T13:19:14","slug":"blue-gray-gnatcatcher-in-fall-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/29\/blue-gray-gnatcatcher-in-fall-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher In Fall Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my very few successes with this species.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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

Blog followers know that I sometimes review my older image files to see what species I’ve photographed and where I’ve photographed them on this date in previous years as an indicator of where I might find them now. I followed that pattern last night and found this photo of a tiny Blue-gray Gnatcatcher I’ve never posted before. The image was taken two years ago today in Davis County.<\/p>\n

For me there’s something special about photos of songbirds that include fall colors as part of the setting. In this case those colors are provided by the scrub oak the bird had been gleaning insects from. Getting this busy little buzz saw to hold still long enough for a portrait was an unusual experience for me because “he” almost never stayed in the same spot long enough for me to lock focus on him.<\/p>\n

Any remaining deciduous leaves (of any color) on trees in northern Utah will likely be gone very soon. Today we’re forecast to have widespread snow at all elevations and then as the storm quickly moves out our low tonight will be 9-11\u00b0 F which will be a new record low in Utah for the entire month of October. The previous record low was 18\u00b0 48 years ago.<\/p>\n

And it will only be slightly warmer while the trick or treaters are out ringing doorbells on Halloween. I have a feeling I’m going to have oodles of left-over candy.<\/p>\n

But it will be chocolate candy so I guarantee it won’t go to waste.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Correction: This bird is in a fragrant sumac bush, not scrub oak. At first glance it looks like oak but it isn’t…<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of my very few successes with this species.<\/p>\n

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