{"id":38035,"date":"2016-04-10T05:40:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T11:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=38035"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:10:28","slug":"a-startled-horned-lark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/04\/10\/a-startled-horned-lark\/","title":{"rendered":"Startled Horned Lark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StartledStartled Horned Lark – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 320, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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A few days ago on Antelope Island State Park I was photographing White-crowned Sparrows and a Horned Lark near the group campgrounds in beautiful morning light.<\/p>\n

My main focus at the time had been on the White-crowned Sparrows simply because there were quite a few of them and they were very active but I focused on the male Horned Lark<\/span><\/a> for a bit hoping it would do something interesting.<\/p>\n

While I was focused on the lark a small bird; presumably a sparrow, zoomed past and I captured an image of a startled Horned Lark who reacted by raising his wings and calling while he moved down the rock a bit.<\/p>\n

Right after this image was taken the lark moved back to the top of the rock and continued singing in the warm rays of the sun.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Horned Lark photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was focused on the lark a small bird; presumably a sparrow, zoomed past and I captured an image of a startled Horned Lark who reacted by raising his wings and calling while he moved down the rock a bit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166627,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,1022,436,26],"tags":[4138,4181,4038,1327,6433,2136,4062,4921,5051],"class_list":["post-38035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-horned-larks","category-utah","tag-boulder","tag-eremophila-alpestris","tag-grasslands","tag-horned-lark","tag-lark","tag-larks-2","tag-male","tag-rock","tag-startled"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t