{"id":6115,"date":"2012-09-14T03:55:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T09:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2025-12-12T05:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:45:43","slug":"western-meadowlark-about-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/14\/western-meadowlark-about-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark About To Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternWestern Meadowlark about to fly – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Western Meadowlark was about to take off from the boulder it was on when I photographed it on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

During the summer it is difficult to get close to these birds but because of the lower temperature that morning it hung around for a few shots.<\/p>\n

Right now Western Meadowlarks<\/a> aren’t as brightly colored as they are in the spring but their plumage is still lovely.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Western Meadowlark photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

P.S.: My mother is visiting me on her first trip to Utah, she is going to love it! I’ll be slow to view and comment on your blogs, thanks for understanding. Please feel free to share this post with your friends and family.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Western Meadowlark was about to take off from the boulder it was on when I photographed it on Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165596,"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":[511,27,1022,26,371],"tags":[4004,4138,11978,4282,4824,4825,4061,2315,3792,4308],"class_list":["post-6115","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-boulder","tag-desert-island","tag-lift-off","tag-meadowlark","tag-meadowlarks","tag-sturnella-neglecta","tag-summer-3","tag-take-off","tag-western-meadowlark"],"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