{"id":9410,"date":"2022-04-25T20:45:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T03:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2022-04-25T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T03:45:44","slug":"south-platte-birds-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/25\/south-platte-birds-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"South Platte Birds, April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month I made another trip to the South Platte River to make some test images close to the end of the day at a weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0037-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-1.jpg\" alt=\"2694-0037-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-1\" class=\"wp-image-9412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0037-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0037-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Bufflehead Duck Pair, South Platte River, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleased to capture both these images of a pair of Bufflehead Ducks. They allowed be to get a little closer. In this second image, they made a turn to head back downstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0038-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-2.jpg\" alt=\"2694-0038-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-2\" class=\"wp-image-9413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0038-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0038-Bufflehead-Duck-Pair-South-Platte-River-No-2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Bufflehead Duck Pair, South Platte River, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a group of Gadwall swimming in the river, and captured this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0042-Gadwall-South-Platte-River.jpg\" alt=\"2694-0042-Gadwall-South-Platte-River\" class=\"wp-image-9414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0042-Gadwall-South-Platte-River.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0042-Gadwall-South-Platte-River-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Gadwall, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Close to the parking lot, I found a mating pair of Ring-Neck Ducks. In this image, the rocks and far river bank, made some striking reflections. The male was swimming through reflected pools of color, with a stream of water dribbling from his bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0047-Male-Ring-Necked-Duck-South-Platte-River.jpg\" alt=\"2694-0047-Male-Ring-Necked-Duck-South-Platte-River\" class=\"wp-image-9415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0047-Male-Ring-Necked-Duck-South-Platte-River.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2694-0047-Male-Ring-Necked-Duck-South-Platte-River-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Male Ring-Necked Duck, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the above images, I was testing my zoom lens with a tele-converter. I was really impressed with the quality of the images, where most of the images were under overcast skies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I made another trip to the South Platte River to make some test images close to the end of the day at a weekend. I was pleased to capture both these images of a pair of Bufflehead Ducks. They allowed be to get a little closer. 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