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<\/p>\nBecause it’s springtime.<\/p>\n
A short post today. I’ve been posting way too many photos lately – 23 of them in the last two days. Sheesh. I need to remember that more isn’t necessarily better.<\/p>\n
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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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 Yesterday was one of those days. After many hours and many miles spent looking for birds in the west desert I came up nearly empty. Near the end of my efforts that morning this Western Meadowlark had pity on me and allowed a close approach as ‘he’ was singing atop an old weathered fence post. That’s the Stansbury Mountains in the lower background.<\/p>\n His cooperation was short-lived. After about three seconds with him in my viewfinder he took off and of course I clipped a wing in the takeoff shot.<\/p>\n But who doesn’t like a singing meadowlark in springtime so I decided to feature a single photo of him for today’s abbreviated post.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An afterthought:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OK, here’s a different composition of the same image if you prefer. Since it’s the same photo I’ve still stuck to my guns and only posted a single photo today.<\/em><\/p>\n Besides, this version of the photo gives us a better look at something I spotted while I was processing the image. Doesn’t it look like he’s wearing a spiffy black bow tie thrown a little askew by his singing efforts?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Because it’s springtime.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/western-meadowlark-1186-vertical-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"western-meadowlark-1186-vertical-ron-dudley\\"")
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