Ron Dudley in that kind of traffic for that long would not have been a pretty sight. <\/em>Occasionally I do make the right decision but in this case it means another day of older photos for Feathered Photography.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m always interested in the prey of my avian subjects and on this morning on the perimeter of one of my Montana campsites Savannah Sparrows were giving me a field day with the insects they were catching. They were hunting in the grass near a wooden fence and then using the fence as a stopping-off point before delivering the insects to their chicks in their nests.<\/p>\n Their bug loads tended to be large and varied and this one was a doozy in both regards. I wanted an even better look at the insects in its beak and the sparrow obliged.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a different photo of the same bird with the same load of bugs. I was so close to the bird my depth of field was very shallow so the sparrow isn’t very sharp but the bugs sure are. Talk about a colorful and mixed bag for a meal. It appears to be a mouthful of various aquatic insects, both larvae and adults, along with some plant debris.<\/p>\n For me the appeal of photos like these is at least as much about the insects as it is about the bird. The casual observer in the field almost never gets such a good look at the insect prey of birds and I like being one of the few exceptions.<\/p>\n I’m thinking that at least some of my viewers might feel the same way.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two perspectives.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/savannah-sparrow-5960-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"savannah-sparrow-5960-ron-dudley\\"")
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