{"id":2434,"date":"2011-12-10T06:35:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/12\/10\/12102011-north-texas-meadowlark\/"},"modified":"2011-12-10T06:35:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:35:48","slug":"12102011-north-texas-meadowlark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2434","title":{"rendered":"12\/10\/2011: North Texas Meadowlark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Wildcater-Ranch-Graham-TX\/i-MNWhhTg\/0\/L\/IMG3465-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, I am in North Texas for a few days (headed home today), helping with a training for ZEISS Sports Optics, which was held at Wildcater Ranch near Graham. Yesterday afternoon, after most folks packed up and headed back to Dallas and home, I had some time to do a little birding on the high bluff where the ranch restaurant and conference center is located. It is early winter here (they had snow on the ground when we arrived) but I found an interesting mix of birds\u2026Cardinals, Cedar Waxwings, Juncos, Eastern Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Goldfinches prominent among them. <\/p>\n<p>The meadowlarks were alternating between feeding on the ground and perching high, in trees and on the power line that crossed by path. I could not catch them on the ground, but I managed a few shots when they went up high.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Wildcater-Ranch-Graham-TX\/i-Wf2hjQz\/0\/L\/IMG3471-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I can\u2019t resist putting in this chance shot\u2026the last in a sequence. This is a crop for composition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Wildcater-Ranch-Graham-TX\/i-H9LNfxH\/0\/L\/IMG3473-L.jpg?resize=700%2C559\" width=\"700\" height=\"559\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canon SX40HS at 840mm optical zoom plus 2x digital tel-converter for 1680mm equivalent. Program with iContrast and \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation. <\/p>\n<p>Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness. 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