{"id":86854,"date":"2020-06-30T06:16:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T12:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=86854"},"modified":"2020-06-30T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:00:26","slug":"some-recent-birds-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/30\/some-recent-birds-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Recent Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally I like to post a few photos of birds I’ve spent time with recently that haven’t made it to my blog for various reasons. Some were taken under difficult conditions, some have obvious flaws and for others the timing just wasn’t right but all of them have strengths or are interesting and I think they deserve to be seen.<\/p>\n

All photos were taken in the mountains, in the desert or at bird refuges in the last ten days. Sorry, no image techs today. Once again I ran out of time.<\/p>\n

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A male Yellow Warbler who looked my way just long enough for two quick photos. The other one was soft.<\/p>\n

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A female Yellow Warbler in a demure pose and with a tail feather askew. I photographed both warblers on the same morning in the same small area so it’s possible they’re a mated pair.<\/p>\n

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A couple of Red-tailed Hawk chicks in their cliff nest.<\/p>\n

They look hot but it was a cool morning so I don’t believe they were. Originally there were three chicks in the nest but by the time this photo was taken only two were left. At this point they’ve lost most of their gray down feathers, many of which can be seen littering the outside of the nest.<\/p>\n

It makes me smile because I think the shadow on the rock thrown by one of the chicks looks like a chicken.<\/p>\n

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A Long-billed Curlew chick foraging near the Bear River.<\/p>\n

This youngster was in a group of chicks of at least three distinct and different ages which is something I don’t remember seeing with this species in the past. Cornell’s Birds of the World says “adoption of chicks into broods of similar age does occur” but many of these chicks certainly weren’t what I’d call ‘of similar ages’. I thought it was a bit curious.<\/p>\n

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This is the adult female (I believe, based on bill size and shape) Long-billed Curlew that was watching over the entire mixed brood of chicks. She was side lit and it was fairly late in the morning so I was disappointed to not get any light in her eye. The Bear River is in the background, thus the vertical reflections from vegetation at the far shore behind her at the top of the frame.<\/p>\n

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A recently fledged Short-eared Owl in very early morning light.<\/p>\n

The entire family of owls was in the area but this side lit cutie was closest and most exposed. I don’t get to see the ‘short’ ear tufts of this species raised very often, especially in owls this young, And this bird raised its right foot for a moment to match its raised ear tufts.<\/p>\n

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I’ll conclude with a singing male Lazuli Bunting.<\/p>\n

He was one of four or five males that were constantly chasing each other around and through the tree but only once did one of them perch long enough out in the open for clean and unobstructed photos. I like this singing pose but was disappointed by the out of focus branch in front of his face. I’m less bothered by his partially hidden tail tip.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been hunkering down at home in recent days because of cold and stormy weather not conducive to photography. It’s almost July and there’s significant new snow in the mountains and destructive wildfires out of control in the valleys, many caused by illegal fireworks. It’s crazy around here.<\/p>\n

But starting later today weather is forecast to improve significantly so hopefully I’ll have new and interesting photos to post soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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For those interested: Yesterday I received my repair estimate from Canon for my malfunctioning 1.4 teleconverter – $138 + $25 shipping. I told them to proceed with the repair even though they didn’t tell me what needed to be fixed. <\/em><\/p>\n

In the meantime I’ve purchased a new teleconverter so I’ll either keep the old one for backup or sell it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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All photos were taken in the mountains, in the desert or at bird refuges in the last ten days.<\/p>\n

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