{"id":25999,"date":"2015-06-29T04:21:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=25999"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:55:56","slug":"a-trio-of-brown-birds-from-antelope-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/29\/a-trio-of-brown-birds-from-antelope-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio Of Brown Birds from Antelope Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Burrowing Owl lifting off from rabbitbrush – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The heat of summer has turned the green grasses brown on Antelope Island State Park<\/a><\/span> so I thought I’d share some of the “brown birds” I photographed there yesterday. A trio of brown birds from Antelope Island that I see there quite often. Topping the list is an adult Burrowing lifting off from a rabbitbrush that it had been perching on. Burrowing Owls are a favorite subject of mine and I think they always will be. Banded legs or not.<\/p>\n

\"MourningMourning Dove perched on a dying greasewood – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 320, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Later on I photographed a Mourning Dove perched on a dying greasewood at the White Rock Bay campgrounds. I’m glad the invasive European Collared Doves aren’t over running the island (yet) because I prefer the softer calls of the smaller, native Mourning Doves.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Western Meadowlark perched on rabbitbrush – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Western Meadowlarks seem to have had a great nesting season because their numbers seem especially high at the moment on the island, they are every where!<\/p>\n

This young meadowlark was perched on a rabbitbrush and I had hoped to catch it lifting off so for probably 4 minutes I waited, finger on the shutter button, eye glued to my viewfinder. When the meadowlark did lift off I missed it because an RV passed by causing it to fly away and my view of the bird was obstructed.<\/p>\n

Bird photography isn’t easy.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird photos in my galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The heat of summer has turned the green grasses brown on Antelope Island State Park so I thought I’d share some of the “brown birds” I photographed there yesterday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,52,1022,1189,26,371],"tags":[55,4963,4214,3763,3764,1830,4282,4824,4825,1190,3967,294,4289,4061,4308,1191],"class_list":["post-25999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-burrowing-owls","category-davis-county-utah","category-mourning-doves","category-utah","category-western-meadowlarks","tag-athene-cunicularia","tag-brown-birds","tag-burrowing-owl","tag-dove","tag-doves","tag-greasewood","tag-lift-off","tag-meadowlark","tag-meadowlarks","tag-mourning-dove","tag-owl","tag-owls","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-sturnella-neglecta","tag-western-meadowlark","tag-zenaida-macroura"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-adult-lift-off-mia-mcpherson-2064.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-6Ll","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6839,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/19\/fledgling-burrowing-owl\/","url_meta":{"origin":25999,"position":0},"title":"Fledgling Burrowing Owl","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This fledgling Burrowing Owl was just learning to fly at the time and wasn't always great at landing. 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