{"id":90501,"date":"2020-10-18T05:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T11:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=90501"},"modified":"2020-10-18T05:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T11:27:52","slug":"belted-kingfisher-in-a-goofy-preening-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/18\/belted-kingfisher-in-a-goofy-preening-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Belted Kingfisher In A Goofy Preening Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revisiting an old friend.<\/p>\n

This past summer I photographed an unusually cooperative male Belted Kingfisher in the Wasatch Mountains on several different mornings. This fallen dead tree was his favorite fishing perch and readers will likely recognize it because I’ve posted other photos of him perched there. But this photo and this preening pose are new to my blog.<\/p>\n

I like it because it amuses me.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, 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

Just prior to this shot he had reached back to the base of his tail to his preen gland to get preen oil on his bill which he subsequently smeared along the length of the two terminal flight feathers on his left wing. In this photo I caught him beginning to fold his wing back into place and returning his head to a normal position.<\/p>\n

The unusual pose, the wing position especially, amuses me and this morning in particular I needed some entertainment – thus this post.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note to photographers:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n