{"id":18711,"date":"2013-09-25T04:06:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T10:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=18711"},"modified":"2013-09-25T04:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T10:06:06","slug":"comparing-adult-and-juvenile-meadowlarks-plus-a-bit-of-a-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/25\/comparing-adult-and-juvenile-meadowlarks-plus-a-bit-of-a-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Adult and Juvenile Meadowlarks – Plus A Bit Of A Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I photographed a juvenile Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island.\u00a0 I have few images of them at that stage of development so I couldn’t help comparing some of the differences between adult and juvenile.<\/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

This is an adult in breeding plumage, image taken this past spring.\u00a0 The ventral yellows are intense, as are those between the eye and bill and the deep black “V” on the upper chest stands out strongly against\u00a0those yellows.\u00a0\u00a0 Much of the rest of the birds plumage\u00a0consists of a cryptic mix of browns, buffs and black bars and streaks.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But the markings on this juvenile are significantly more subtle.\u00a0 The ventral yellows are much softer and the black “V” which is absent earlier in the summer is just beginning to appear.\u00a0 Even the brown and buff streaking on\u00a0much of the rest of the\u00a0bird\u00a0is\u00a0less “contrasty” than\u00a0those of the adult.<\/p>\n

I’m so used to the\u00a0bright colors of the adult\u00a0that I found myself actually studying this bird through my viewfinder yesterday – something that seldom happens because I’m usually concentrating on the process of photography while I’m in the field.<\/p>\n

As you can see from my shutter speed I was set up for\u00a0flight\/take-off at this point.\u00a0 When it\u00a0did so it took off…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

sideways!<\/p>\n

I don’t recall ever seeing a bird take off at this angle before and I had to chuckle when the image came up on my screen.\u00a0\u00a0This was another case in point where I didn’t know what I’d captured until I reviewed the images at home.<\/p>\n

Serendipity strikes\u00a0again…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I photographed a juvenile Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island. I have few images of them at that stage of development so I couldn’t help comparing some of the differences between adult and juvenile.<\/p>\n

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