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Western Meadowlark
This was a very lucky shot, taken rapidly through the car window, just in time before the bird flew. It had been a long time since I had seen a Western Meadowlark, so I was thrilled to bits when I spotted this one. It had been feeding in the dried grasses along the side of the gravel backroad and then flew to a fence post.
The photo was taken on 14 April 2014, when I spent a wonderful, fun day with my youngest daughter, driving the backroads SE of Calgary. Some of the roads were familiar to me, but others were new territory, which gave us a chance to discover some different abandoned barns. We knew where our destination was going to be, more or less, though it was disappointing that the "heat wave" distortion was just too great to get distant, zoomed photos. Unfortunately, it was quite a hazy day, which really didn't help.
Our drive was not to see one kind of thing only. Both of us love to photograph anything beautiful or interesting. Naturally, birds were on our wish list, too, and we were lucky to come across several different species, including this beautiful Western Meadowlark. The very first place I drove to, was to see a Great Horned Owl nest. Those who know me won't be at all surprised to hear that I couldn't find the nest that I had intended going to, lol! I was so confident driving to where I "knew" it would be, yet there was no sign of it. Next time I go back to that area, I will have to have a longer look. However, we were so happy to see the nest we did find. There were two very young ones in it, snuggled up to Mom. Other birds seen included a Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Shovelers, Pintail ducks, and lots of elegant Trumpeter Swans which looked so beautiful in the sunshine, with the distant Rocky Mountains in the background.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Meadowlark
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/western_meadowlark/id
The photo was taken on 14 April 2014, when I spent a wonderful, fun day with my youngest daughter, driving the backroads SE of Calgary. Some of the roads were familiar to me, but others were new territory, which gave us a chance to discover some different abandoned barns. We knew where our destination was going to be, more or less, though it was disappointing that the "heat wave" distortion was just too great to get distant, zoomed photos. Unfortunately, it was quite a hazy day, which really didn't help.
Our drive was not to see one kind of thing only. Both of us love to photograph anything beautiful or interesting. Naturally, birds were on our wish list, too, and we were lucky to come across several different species, including this beautiful Western Meadowlark. The very first place I drove to, was to see a Great Horned Owl nest. Those who know me won't be at all surprised to hear that I couldn't find the nest that I had intended going to, lol! I was so confident driving to where I "knew" it would be, yet there was no sign of it. Next time I go back to that area, I will have to have a longer look. However, we were so happy to see the nest we did find. There were two very young ones in it, snuggled up to Mom. Other birds seen included a Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Shovelers, Pintail ducks, and lots of elegant Trumpeter Swans which looked so beautiful in the sunshine, with the distant Rocky Mountains in the background.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Meadowlark
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/western_meadowlark/id
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