{"id":61463,"date":"2018-07-20T04:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T10:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=61463"},"modified":"2018-07-20T05:19:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T11:19:51","slug":"lark-sparrow-with-prey-plus-a-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/20\/lark-sparrow-with-prey-plus-a-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Lark Sparrow With Prey (Plus A ‘Red’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few (very few)\u00a0of the birds on Antelope Island\u00a0were still in the late\u00a0stages of nesting yesterday, including this Lark Sparrow and a female Bullock’s Oriole I saw at a distance feeding a recent fledgling.<\/p>\n

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The Lark Sparrow wasn’t particularly close but it had insects in its bill (presumably for\u00a0fledglings it was still feeding)\u00a0which always adds some interest for me. I didn’t have much time\u00a0with it because\u00a0a pickup was\u00a0approaching me from behind\u00a0so I had to\u00a0move on.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the only other pose I was able to get.<\/p>\n

I always wonder what the prey is.\u00a0I thought this looked like a couple of grasshoppers and a…<\/p>\n

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huge crop of the previous image (5% of the original) seemed to confirm that at least one of them was. I’m not sure about the\u00a0insect on the right and the grasshopper on the left was a paler color than any grasshoppers\u00a0I remember seeing.<\/p>\n

Birds on the island were extremely slow. It’s just too damned hot out there. I suspect many of them have moved on to higher elevations where it’s cooler. If I hadn’t found this Lark Sparrow\u00a0I’d have been essentially bird-skunked\u00a0yesterday morning.<\/p>\n

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About the only other subjects of\u00a0interest I\u00a0saw was a large herd of bison moving down off the mountain for a cool drink at the guzzler that park personnel have provided them for water. This young calf was following dutifully\u00a0behind its mother, almost as if it were in a trance. I took 43 photos as it walked by close to me and I was disappointed to not get a catch light in a single one. I think it was\u00a0very nearly\u00a0walking in its sleep.<\/p>\n

At this age they’re still called “Reds” although they’re not\u00a0as red as they were a\u00a0few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Though I was pleased to get the Lark Sparrow with prey I don’t think I’ll be going back to the island anytime soon. The summer doldrums have arrived.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A few of the birds on Antelope Island are still in the late stages of nesting, including this Lark Sparrow and a female Bullock’s Oriole I saw at a distance feeding a recent fledgling.<\/p>\n

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