What is This Female Cardinal Doing in the Second Image?
May 7, 2021 19:57:21 #
Shooter41
Loc: Wichita, KS
Today I set up my Sony, ILCE, 7RM4, mirrorless, digital camera at 1/640 second; F5.6; ISO 400; focal length 346 mm using a Sony FE 70-200 GM OSS lens with a 2 X converter and started taking rapid images of a female Northern Cardinal.
When I loaded the images onto my computer to take a look at the images and begin editing, one picture left me totally confused as to what she had done while I was holding the shutter down without my noticing.
Would one of the more experienced bird photographers on UHH please analyze the second image that is attached and make an educated guess on why her neck is twisted to an "almost unbelievable" position?
I don't recall her looking to see if another bird was approaching her to attack, while I was looking through the viewfinder. Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise. Shooter41
When I loaded the images onto my computer to take a look at the images and begin editing, one picture left me totally confused as to what she had done while I was holding the shutter down without my noticing.
Would one of the more experienced bird photographers on UHH please analyze the second image that is attached and make an educated guess on why her neck is twisted to an "almost unbelievable" position?
I don't recall her looking to see if another bird was approaching her to attack, while I was looking through the viewfinder. Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise. Shooter41
May 7, 2021 20:02:38 #
May 7, 2021 20:28:26 #
Appy
Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)
Looking to make sure that shadow she saw was made by a vulture, not a hawk!
May 7, 2021 20:46:58 #
she's shaking off seed dust or mites,cardinals are very aware of their surroundings
May 7, 2021 21:19:21 #
Could be shaking its head to eject by centrifugal force something in its throat/beak it doesn't like.
We have a couple of parrots and very occasionally when one decides it has an upset crop it shakes its head rapidly spraying partially digested food everywhere like a scene from the Exorcist. It is their way of puking.
We have a couple of parrots and very occasionally when one decides it has an upset crop it shakes its head rapidly spraying partially digested food everywhere like a scene from the Exorcist. It is their way of puking.
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