{"id":4427,"date":"2012-02-16T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T00:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2025-12-12T05:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:07:45","slug":"another-western-meadowlark-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/16\/another-western-meadowlark-from-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Western Meadowlark From Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist posting another Western Meadowlark image that I created today even though I posted one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Western Meadowlarks and Spring\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/16\/western-meadowlarks-and-spring\/\">earlier this morning<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-165583 size-full\" title=\"Fluffy Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island SP, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837.jpg\" alt=\"Fluffy Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island SP, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10073\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/western-meadowlark-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-3837.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #888888;\">Fluffed up Western Meadowlark ~ Antelope Island State Park, Utah &#8211;\u00a0 Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0When I spotted four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Western_Meadowlark\/lifehistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Western Meadowlarks<\/span><\/a> today on this bush I was just hoping to get close enough to get a few shots of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This meadowlark was very cooperative and even shook its feathers before flying off. 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