{"id":2969,"date":"2012-06-20T06:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T10:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2012-06-20T06:31:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T10:31:01","slug":"6202012-second-helping-of-yellow-headed-blackbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"6\/20\/2012: Second Helping of Yellow-headed Blackbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Potholes-and-Prairies-2012\/i-Wkrpbt8\/1\/L\/IMG5854-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, one of my goals for this trip to North Dakota, was to get a good shot of a Yellow-headed Blackbird. I did not know that when I left home. I only discovered it after seeing the first YHBB of the trip and realizing that, despite several attempts in the past, I still did not have a good image of a YHBB. North Dakota was obliging!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Potholes-and-Prairies-2012\/i-mrVb2QC\/0\/L\/IMG5877-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Potholes-and-Prairies-2012\/i-MLvfz66\/0\/L\/IMG5879-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Potholes-and-Prairies-2012\/i-RX7cNM6\/0\/L\/IMG5881-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I now have my fill of YHBB (for now\u2026YHBB is like Chinese\u2026you are hungry again soon \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n<p>And for the video fans in the house, here is a snippet. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:91eab75b-0aed-4eb1-a26b-90c25a1a8c14\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><object width=\"699\" height=\"393\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tHfaR1PrjJ8?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:699px;clear:both;font-size:.8em\">Yellow-headed Blackbird: near Chase Lake NWR, North Dakota<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation.&#160; 1680mm equivalent field of view (840mm optical zoom plus 2x digital tel-converter). f5.8 @ 1\/400th @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The video is at 1240mm equivalent, hand-held, with the Canon SX40HS. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2969\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2969&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2969\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2969&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2969&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned, one of my goals for this trip to North Dakota, was to get a good shot of a Yellow-headed Blackbird. 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