{"id":6270,"date":"2012-10-05T03:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T09:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:05:40","slug":"horned-lark-on-a-poopy-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/05\/horned-lark-on-a-poopy-perch\/","title":{"rendered":"Horned Lark On A Poopy Perch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-166488 size-full\" title=\"Horned Lark bison pooh perch, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029.jpg\" alt=\"Horned Lark bison pooh perch, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"11504\" 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\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Horned Lark bison pooh perch &#8211; Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Horned_Lark\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Horned Larks<\/span><\/a> I photograph are perched on rocks or boulders, this one is perched on a dried pile of bison poop. Some might think this is a crappy perch and they would be right!<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/horned-lark-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Horned Lark photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the Horned Larks I photograph are perched on rocks or boulders, this one is perched on a dried pile of Bison poop. Some might think this is a crappy perch and they would be right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166488,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,1022,436,26],"tags":[4004,4393,4181,4038,1327,6433,2136,4062,1549,4104],"class_list":["post-6270","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-adult","tag-bison-poop","tag-eremophila-alpestris","tag-grasslands","tag-horned-lark","tag-lark","tag-larks-2","tag-male","tag-perch","tag-perched"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/horned-lark-poop-mia-mcpherson-9029.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1D8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5064,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/26\/birds-on-poopy-perches\/","url_meta":{"origin":6270,"position":0},"title":"Birds on Poopy Perches","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I bet you are wondering what I mean by \"Poopy perches\", I know I would be if I saw that title. 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