{"id":56883,"date":"2019-03-27T06:51:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=56883"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:59:29","slug":"singing-male-horned-lark-close-up-on-antelope-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/03\/27\/singing-male-horned-lark-close-up-on-antelope-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Male Horned Lark Close Up On Antelope Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SingingSinging male Horned Lark close up – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This singing male Horned Lark was close enough to me that I could take portraits of him while he sang two days ago and I believe the reason he was so close was that his urge to find a mate overcame his natural wariness.<\/p>\n

This male and another male were very close to each other and both of them were near the side of a dirt road singing and actively moving around.<\/p>\n

It didn’t look like a territorial display to me but then I am just a mere human and don’t speak “bird” though sometimes I seriously wish I could so I could easily tell what the birds I photograph are actually saying to each other.<\/p>\n

I’ve only been this close to this species a few times prior to this experience and I knew right away that I wanted to take a few portraits of this singing male Horned Lark.<\/p>\n

It was challenging because he kept moving around and it was hard to keep the focus on his face. I was pleased that in a few of the images I took that he was singing so that his bill was open and showed how black the insides of the lark’s bill is.<\/p>\n

I’m happy that I took the time to take a few close ups of this Horned Lark because who knows, I may never be as close to this species as I was to this bird.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This singing male Horned Lark was close enough to me that I could take portraits of him while he sang two days ago and I believe the reason he was so close was that his urge to find a mate overcame his natural wariness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[4142,11978,4181,1327,6433,2136,4062,4046,4179,165],"class_list":["post-56883","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-close-up","tag-desert-island","tag-eremophila-alpestris","tag-horned-lark","tag-lark","tag-larks-2","tag-male","tag-portrait","tag-singing-2","tag-spring"],"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