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Meadowlark Western – Male
Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017
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W.W. 3/52 I’ve got a song!
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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Well your certainly got some wonderful captures from your birding outing. What is your approach. Are you walking around spotting the birds or do you sit quietly in one spot?
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Thank you so much Denise!
I use both. On this trip we drove slowly around the auto-route and looked for birds and other wildlife. There are pull-outs where you can park and observe that I will utilize if there are birds around or I know from past experience a certain bird likes to hang out around that spot then I’ll hang out a bit and wait to see what comes along.
If there are walking paths or observation decks I use those too.
Last week I drove to a place I’d seen a Tufted Titmouse pair while walking earlier that morning. When I got back and parked using my car as a blind, my camera ready, the birds never showed up, but lots of American Goldfinch did. 🙂
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So pretty!
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Thank you so much Cheryl!
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Deborah, the Meadowlark looks like he thinks the branch is his microphone! His beak open appears to have a grin, too. Such a perfect shot! 🙂
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I thought the Meadowlark thought it was its microphone or a worm he could enchant with its singing! 🙂
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Such a great detail! (better than cute:):) ) meanwhile, I read you text your post below about the flooded area of Merced – so I know now where it is, lol!
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Thank you so much Jesh!
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Love, love, love. What a beautiful photo.
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Thank you so much!!
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Thank you so much H.J.!
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this is a work of art Deb!!
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Thank you so much Hannah!
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A marvelous shot, Deborah. That’s it. Period. 🙂
janet
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🙂 Thank you Janet. I love it short and to the point!
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Sweet!
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Thank you so much Donna!
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Looks so happy singing away. Great shot.
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Thank you John! He seemed pretty happy.
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🙂
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Love how you caught him mid-song. He’s a beauty. Great capture 🙂
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Thank you so much Amy!
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Great shot – it looks like he’s singing loud and proud 🙂
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Thank you Dan! He was! I wish I had video just then to try to record the song. Then I thought I’d add a MP3 sound track of one singing with this post, but found I need to upgrade to Premium and figure out how to do add it to a post. Something to add to my goals for this year. 🙂
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This is amazing
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Thank you so much Lynn! I’m so glad you like it!
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Gorgeous :-). And uplifting (like Phil said)!
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Thank you so much Myriam!!
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Fantastic shot!
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Thank you so much Camie!
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Lovely photograph!
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Thank you so much Belinda!
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STUNNNNNNNing!
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Thank you so much Jodi!
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And isn’t he belting it out! It looks like he”s taken to stilts just to get a bit of extra distance on those high notes. 🙂
A lovely shot, Deborah. You do post uplifting images which never fail to put a smile on my face 🙂
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Thank you so much for this lovely compliment and comment Phil! I’m happy to hear you found this uplifting and it made you smile!
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I was never particularly interested in wildlife, probably too busy but with Susan and your photography/blog my eyes and mind have been opened. 🙂
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That’s the ultimate compliment Phil!!!
I’m sure you’re going to be inspired by some bird or wildlife to tell another great story.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you so much Bunty!
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