Western Meadowlark On Rabbitbrush In Dappled Light It isn’t a spectacular photo but I like everything about it including its overall quality, the dappled light and the sharpness of the bird. Continue reading
Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island How do meadowlarks learn their distinctive and complex song? And what about that curious Latin name? (3 images) Continue reading
Western Meadowlark Singing On Sagebrush (plus a video experiment) Around here it isn’t springtime without singing meadowlarks. Yesterday I photographed my first one this year that was reasonably close. Continue reading
Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island And my attempt to explain, and demonstrate, some of the effects of resolution on digital images. Continue reading
Yesterday’s Horned Larks And A Major Case Of Separation Anxiety Also, a vivid reminder to avoid stepping in your own poop. Continue reading
My Tolerance For The ‘Hand Of Man’ In My Photos Has Limits As Illustrated by four recent photos of three different birds of two different species. Continue reading
My First Horned Lark Photos Of The Year Another in my irregular series on the ‘common’ species. Continue reading
Western Meadowlark Stretching Its Wings On A Mound Of Snow Some folks think of meadowlarks strictly as spring and summer birds but around here they can also be snowbirds. Continue reading
A Morning In The Life Of A Bird Photographer I just never know what I’ll find, or find out, during a morning of attempted bird photography. Yesterday provided ample evidence of that. Continue reading
A Hummingbird First For Me Yesterday morning I learned something about hummingbirds. Maybe I’ll start trying to get hummingbird takeoff shots again. It’s been a while. Continue reading