{"id":96688,"date":"2021-04-01T05:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=96688"},"modified":"2021-04-01T05:03:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:03:15","slug":"my-first-of-year-american-avocets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/01\/my-first-of-year-american-avocets\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Of Year American Avocets"},"content":{"rendered":"

And a Marsh Wren singing on\u00a0 territory.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning was slow for birds at Bear River MBR but on the last day of March I did document some signs of early spring.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, <\/em>f\/10, 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

I was delighted to see this group of American Avocets resting and preening in shallow calm water that provided mostly undisturbed reflections. Avocets in fresh breeding plumage look so darn purdy compared to their far less colorful nonbreeding plumage.<\/p>\n

It was hard to time my shots when I was getting more interesting poses from at least some of the avocets because I spent much of my time fiddle-farting with a malfunctioning lens. The image needs rotation to make it level but doing so would cut off part of the bird on the left so I left it slightly tilted. It’s only a documentary photo anyway.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, <\/em>f\/10, 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

Marsh Wrens are dedicated skulkers for much of the year but they’re beginning to sing on territory which makes it a little easier to catch them out in the open. Even though this one wasn’t particularly close it spent quite a while flitting around the tops of the phrags and singing its little heart out.<\/p>\n

As each day passes I’m becoming more concerned about our water situation in the current drought. Water levels in much of the refuge were unusually low and some areas were nearly dry. Hopefully that’s at least partly due to water management decisions rather than lack of water.<\/p>\n

But I’m afraid it’s going to be a tough year for both birds and bird photographers around here.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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And a Marsh Wren singing on\u00a0 territory.<\/p>\n

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