{"id":16273,"date":"2013-06-18T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2013-06-16T06:26:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T12:26:07","slug":"lark-sparrow-with-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/lark-sparrow-with-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Lark Sparrow With Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week on Antelope Island this Lark Sparrow popped up onto a sagebrush very close to me\u00a0with a large, juicy grasshopper.<\/p>\n

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The bird seemed to be deliberately conspicuous about its prize and I briefly wondered why.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After a few seconds it dropped down to this large rock, followed by another Lark Sparrow.<\/p>\n

Sexes are similar in this species but it’s my\u00a0guess that the bird with the grasshopper is the male and the grasshopper is meant as a gift for\u00a0its mate, though I never did see the exchange if it occurred.\u00a0 These birds are long-necked and long-tailed for a sparrow and\u00a0that characteristic is apparent in the bird on the right.<\/p>\n

This shot is full frame (no crop) and I didn’t have enough depth of field to get the back bird sharp but I still liked getting both birds in the frame, and the\u00a0behavior.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 I\u2019m on the road again and will be for much of the week.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have no computer access on this trip so I won\u2019t be able to respond to any comments that may be made (though I do get them via phone email and enjoy reading them while I\u2019m in the field).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week on Antelope Island this Lark Sparrow popped up onto a sagebrush very close to me with a large, juicy grasshopper. The bird seemed to be deliberately conspicuous about its prize and I briefly wondered why.<\/p>\n

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