{"id":38810,"date":"2016-04-14T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=38810"},"modified":"2016-04-14T05:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:02:00","slug":"horned-lark-a-common-bird-on-an-uncommon-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/horned-lark-a-common-bird-on-an-uncommon-perch\/","title":{"rendered":"Horned Lark – A Common Bird On An Uncommon Perch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horned Larks are ground dwelling birds that rarely perch\u00a0more than a few inches off the ground. They’re often found singing\u00a0from\u00a0small rocks but they “never perch in trees” and it’s\u00a0quite\u00a0unusual for me to see or\u00a0photograph one perched on low vegetation. It’s almost like they have acrophobia unless they’re in flight.<\/p>\n

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\"horned1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

So this breeding male caught my attention two days ago when we found it perched high\u00a0at the top of sagebrush in Tooele County, Utah. I have very few (if any) images of the species with sky in the background so in my portfolio at least these images are unique. The bird even acted out-of-place as it held its tail at this angle as though it felt like it might\u00a0topple over at any moment.<\/p>\n

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\"horned1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eventually he began to sing a little but this was about the only pose variety he gave me. After a few seconds another vehicle came along the remote dirt road and flushed the bird (typical bad timing for me – that was the only vehicle I encountered on\u00a0the entire\u00a0road).<\/p>\n

Today’s post is somewhat abbreviated because this procrastinating bird photographer will be working the entire day on his taxes. Oh joy!<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Horned Larks are ground dwelling birds that rarely perch more than a few inches off the ground.<\/p>\n

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