{"id":97623,"date":"2021-04-28T04:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=97623"},"modified":"2021-04-28T04:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:58:29","slug":"a-bird-sampler-from-bear-river-mbr-six-days-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/28\/a-bird-sampler-from-bear-river-mbr-six-days-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird Sampler From Bear River MBR Six Days Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight photos of six species.<\/p>\n

I had a pretty good day for birds at Bear River MBR last week. In the last few days I’ve posted photos of three species from that trip – Western Grebes and Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds. Todays post includes five more species and an additional photo of a Western Grebe.<\/p>\n

It’s my intention to keep the narration short. Today’s post is more about documenting what a great place Bear River MBR can be for birds this time of year than it is about outstanding photos and interesting behaviors.<\/p>\n

For most of the morning I left my camera settings at f\/6.3 and ISO 800 (except for the Eared Grebe photos below) no matter the conditions because I wanted as few variables as possible as I continued to test my recently repaired lens and camera. Doing so gave me some pretty high shutter speeds, even for 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

Most mergansers I photograph are Common Mergansers so it was a treat to see a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers that morning. Unlike Common Mergansers they don’t breed here so these two were on their way to Alaska or northern Canada for the breeding season. I believe this was the male of the pair, not yet in breeding plumage, that was traveling together.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

And this was the female. Both birds were Nervous Nellies.<\/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

A Great Blue Heron in a classic frozen fishing pose.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

A White-faced Ibis that finally lifted its head from it’s feeding routine. I was disappointed that morning to never get any ibis photos with the bird in an uncluttered and\/or more attractive setting.<\/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

A male Long-billed Curlew that finally moved away from the dried vegetation and ugly road and into more attractive green grasses. The grass was long enough to completely hide his long legs in many of my photos.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

A Western Grebe swimming along one of the canals. I like the photo for its simplicity and for the reflection.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 500, 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

An Eared Grebe in breeding plumage on the Bear River. I was close to ‘him’ but my shooting angle was steep, usually even steeper than this. He could really scoot as he repeatedly darted across the water after insects floating on the surface..<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/8, ISO 500, 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

Here he’s after what is probably a midge on the water directly in front of him. He got it too.<\/p>\n

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It was a beautiful morning at the refuge, made even better when I arrived home with mostly sharp images from my recently repaired camera and lens. I saw and photographed a variety of other species that morning but few of those photos lived up to my expectations, or at least my hopes.<\/p>\n

That’s the way it goes with bird photography.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Eight photos of six species.<\/p>\n

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