My first sighting of an Eastern Meadowlark for the season, on a fence post.
Driving around east of highway 15 on the side roads got me my first sighting of this Eastern Meadowlark. With a Kenko Pro 1.4 tc on my 400, I was able to get a few nice shots. Not an easy bird to photograph, they can be skittish.
This is how I come across many of by "by chance" photos. I'll be up and out of the house at the crack of dawn and head out to the country side with two cameras on the front seat. My Canon 60D will have the 400 5.6L mounted on it, and a T1i/500D with a shorter lens, this might be a 17-85 or 55-250, tripod and monopod are on the floor. Sandwiches, apples and or other snacks are on the back seat with a bottle of water, and a large double-double just to wake me up a bit. Now the only thing missing is a bit of generosity from "Mother Nature".
Drive and watch, often pulling over to the shoulder for a better view or to inspect something I may have caught out of the corner of my eye. Sometimes I'll venture into a newly discovered trail to walk/inspect.
This has been a really productive week!
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