Apr 22, 2015

The Birding Wire Photo Gallery

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This wonderful image of an Idaho Sage-Grouse is made even more spectacular with the early morning lighting reflected in the sage and brush surroundings, almost reminiscent of a pastel watercolor. It was submitted by our good friend Jim Foster, who writes: "I went out the other morning with a BLM biologist on one of his Sage-Grouse counts and we went to a lek well before sunrise to photograph the action as he was counting birds. Several of the images were on the dark side, but as the sun rose, the light improved. Here is one of the strutting males in half 'puff.'. It was a great morning!" Technical: Canon 7D, Canon 400mm 2.8 + 2x Extender, IOS 400, 1/200th sec. @ f 6.3. See more of Jim's work at www.jimfosteroutdoorsphoto.com.

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