{"id":4528,"date":"2012-02-24T11:32:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T18:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2025-03-27T05:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:53:20","slug":"western-meadowlark-lift-off-feathers-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/24\/western-meadowlark-lift-off-feathers-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark lift off ~ Feathers on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Western\u00a0 Western Meadowlark lifting off from Greasewood–\u00a0<\/strong> Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/3200, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It was real slow for bird photography out on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> this morning but I did get a nice lift off shot from this Western Meadowlark.<\/p>\n

Prairie Birder<\/a><\/span> has a Friday theme of “Feathers on Friday” on their blog, I thought it would be great if some of my viewers added their Friday bird images as links over there<\/a><\/span>. A great young birder who lives on the prairies of Alberta, Canada whose favorite subjects in school are history and natural history\/science.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

It was real slow for bird photography out on Antelope Island this morning but I did get a nice lift off shot from this Western Meadowlark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[511,27,1022,26,371],"tags":[4004,11978,4052,1830,4282,4824,4825,4061,4308],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-western-meadowlarks","tag-adult","tag-desert-island","tag-flight","tag-greasewood","tag-lift-off","tag-meadowlark","tag-meadowlarks","tag-sturnella-neglecta","tag-western-meadowlark"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/western-meadowlark-lift-off-mia-mcpherson-5399.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1b2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101020,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/03\/25\/western-meadowlark-singing\/","url_meta":{"origin":4528,"position":0},"title":"Western Meadowlark Singing","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The song of this Western Meadowlark that I found two days ago on Antelope Island State Park was a wonderful springtime melody that I needed to hear.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Western Meadowlark singing in spring, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/western-meadowlark-spring-song-mia-mcpherson-4421.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/western-meadowlark-spring-song-mia-mcpherson-4421.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/western-meadowlark-spring-song-mia-mcpherson-4421.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/western-meadowlark-spring-song-mia-mcpherson-4421.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6828,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/18\/western-meadowlark-lift-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":4528,"position":1},"title":"Western Meadowlark Lift Off","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This Western Meadowlark image was taken last month on Antelope Island State Park. 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