{"id":66944,"date":"2020-04-13T05:56:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=66944"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:47:45","slug":"amazing-grace-and-death-in-the-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2020\/04\/13\/amazing-grace-and-death-in-the-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Grace. And a Tiny Death in the Marsh &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What&#8217;s Up?<\/h3>\n<p>Same old, same old. I did some nice flowers on Sunday morning. After my early morning photo session today, Monday 13 APR 2020, I need to go to town for a bit of shopping and a trip to the bank. Have fun and stay safe. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all who commented on the <strong><em>Why did I move the car six inches?<\/em><\/strong> blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2020\/04\/12\/66926\/comment-page-1\/#comment-1782646\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Special thanks to Marr Miller who correctly identified the flower as Ceasarweed, a Class 1 Florida invasive. You can learn more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildsouthflorida.com\/caesars.weed.html#.XpQ3CS2ZN25\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing Grace - Andr\u00e9 Rieu\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mn3lijQwllc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Entertainment<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>Andr\u00e9 Rieu and orchestra play Amazing Grace at Radio City Music Hall. May 31, 2011. Amazingly powerful.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JUDY COLLINS - &quot;Amazing Grace&quot; with Boys&#039; Choir Of Harlem 1993\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p5NCyuRhoGY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Amazing Grace by Judy Collins with Boys&#8217; Choir Of Harlem. 1993. Amazing voices.<\/strong> <\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing Grace | The Tabernacle Choir\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2arm5ydeJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Amazing Grace &#8212; the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. More amazing voices.<\/strong> <\/h2>\n<h3>Great Gull Island and Amazing Grace<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been on Great Gull Island (GGI) several times on July 4th. Older-daughter Jennifer worked there for five seasons. Every year on the national holiday, the amazing Helen Hayes led all the tern researchers in an a capella rendition of Amazing Grace. So sweet the sound. If you have a favorite version of Amazing Grace, please share the link. <\/p>\n<p>Amazing Grace, written out of remorse by John Newton, a former slave trader. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/news\/amazing-grace-story-john-newton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> For those who wish to sing along as we did on GGI:<\/p>\n<p>Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)<br \/>\n   That sav&#8217;d a wretch like me!<br \/>\nI once was lost, but now am found,<br \/>\n   Was blind, but now I see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,<br \/>\n   And grace my fears reliev&#8217;d;<br \/>\nHow precious did that grace appear<br \/>\n   The hour I first believ&#8217;d!<\/p>\n<p>Thro&#8217; many dangers, toils, and snares,<br \/>\n   I have already come;<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,<br \/>\n   And grace will lead me home.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord has promis&#8217;d good to me,<br \/>\n   His word my hope secures;<br \/>\nHe will my shield and portion be<br \/>\n   As long as life endures.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,<br \/>\n   And mortal life shall cease;<br \/>\nI shall possess, within the veil,<br \/>\n   A life of joy and peace.<\/p>\n<p>The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,<br \/>\n   The sun forbear to shine;<br \/>\nBut God, who call&#8217;d me here below,<br \/>\n   Will be forever mine.<\/p>\n<p>When we\u2019ve been there ten thousand years,<br \/>\n     Bright shining as the sun,<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve no less days to sing God\u2019s praise<br \/>\n     Than when we first begun.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><center>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/center><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was created on 31 MAR 2020 at Indian Lake Estates. Working from my SUV, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorphotogear.com\/search.php?search_query=indurogrand&#038;rfsn=132487.5cf37.9906\">Induro<\/a> GIT 204<a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/flexshooter-pro\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FlexShooter Pro<\/a>-mounted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1485539-REG\/sony_sel600f40gm_fe_600mm_f_4_gm.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SO6004GM\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSO6004GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1222777-REG\/sony_sel14tc_fe_1_4x_teleconverter.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SOTC14\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSOTC14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a> and the 61-MP monster, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1494679-REG\/sony_ilce7rm4_b_alpha_a7r_iv_mirrorless.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SOA7R4\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSOA7R4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Alpha a7R IV Mirrorless Digital camera body.<\/a>. ISO 1000. Exposure determined by Zebras: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. AWB at 8:16pm on a sunny morning. <\/p>\n<p>Center Zone AF-C was active at the moment of exposure. The sharpest plane of focus was on the chick&#8217;s right cheek &#8212; pretty much perfect.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image #1: Days-old Sandhill Crane chick <strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=728x90&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=10035&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Old Gnarly&#8217;s Surviving 2020 Chick<\/h3>\n<p>Though I never found even the vicinity of the nest, I pretty much knew that Old Gnarly and his mate had set up shop in the marsh at the north end of the North Field as I would see one of the pair &#8212; never both &#8212; feeding in the field adjacent to the marsh. The other bird was incubating.  I first saw the pair with two tiny chicks &#8212; probably two to three days old, on March 31. I chatted with a lady who lives on the lakefront that she had seen the family the day before. I made this image as the chick fed in the relatively tall grass right along the edge of the marsh. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><center>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/center><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was also created on 31 MAR 2020 at Indian Lake Estates. Working from my SUV, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorphotogear.com\/search.php?search_query=indurogrand&#038;rfsn=132487.5cf37.9906\">Induro<\/a> GIT 204<a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/flexshooter-pro\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FlexShooter Pro<\/a>-mounted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1485539-REG\/sony_sel600f40gm_fe_600mm_f_4_gm.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SO6004GM\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSO6004GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 600mm f\/4 GM OSS lens<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1222777-REG\/sony_sel14tc_fe_1_4x_teleconverter.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SOTC14\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSOTC14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a> and the 61-MP monster, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1494679-REG\/sony_ilce7rm4_b_alpha_a7r_iv_mirrorless.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/SOA7R4\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xSOA7R4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Alpha a7R IV Mirrorless Digital camera body.<\/a>. ISO 1000. Exposure determined by Zebras: 1\/1000 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. AWB at 8:17am on a sunny morning. <\/p>\n<p>Center Zone AF-C was active at the moment of exposure. This image was (fortunately) a bit front-focused. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image #2: Days-old Sandhill Crane chick with tumor (?) on the base of the bill<strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=728x90&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=10035&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Deceased Chick<\/h3>\n<p>The JPEG above is a large crop. <\/p>\n<p>I noticed the strange black growth at the base of the other chick&#8217;s bill when I photographed it that same morning. Later, it was quite evident in the images. The next morning I saw Old Gnarly and its mate with only one chick. I pretty much knew that it was likely that the other chick had perished and that indeed turned out to be the case as I never saw it again. I am not positive that the black thing is a tumor but it seems likely. And I have no idea if the black growth had anything to do with the chick&#8217;s demise. If you have any knowledge or a theory, please leave a comment. <\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later the surviving chick is doing just fine. Unlike the crane colt family to the south, Old Gnarly&#8217;s family is super-protective of their remaining chick. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Up? <\/p>\n<p>Same old, same old. I did some nice flowers on Sunday morning. After my early morning photo session today, Monday 13 APR 2020, I need to go to town for a bit of shopping and a trip to the bank. 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