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Eastern and western meadowlarks are often difficult to ID, they are even so hard, that the western meadowlark was long ignored, leading to a formal description of the species only in 1844 by Audubon, whereas the eastern meadow lark was described almost 100 years earlier in 1752 by von Linné (or Linnaeus). The scientific species name Sturnella neglecta references this fact.
On the specific bird in the picture I am also not 100% on the species. For western, it lacks the sometimes visible extension of the yellow feathers just behind the lower mandible, for the eastern, it lacks the stronger streaking on the chest. In another picture, I can see its outer tail feathers, and only three of them are visibly white, where the Eastern would have 4 (in the nominate sub-species, and the sub-species with 3 white outer tail feathers would live further south in Texas or the southeast of the US, which does not fit the location). The feather pattern on the upper parts is more buffy than gray, which would favor Eastern, but the centers of the wing feathers are not as dark as I find them in my ID guide, which would favor the Western meadowlark.
Found at Hangerman NWR; I used the integrated 1.25x and an additional 1.4x extender in this picture, leading to a focal length of 700mm, or 1400mm FF equivalent.
And...another shot of the Antelope Canyon, june 2015. :-)
35mm CZ.
adding this one to the album... :-).
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This is one that has been on my list for years and it didn't disappoint. Coming in at 200 feet wide it's the widest falls that I've seen yet and the first vertical block. From here it's hard to tell that it drops 43 feet, but the roar lets you know it. :-) The emerald water is caused by the Lewis river being born of an inactive glacier (from Mount Adams) so it doesn't have the silt like White or Puyallup and it is just stunning to see. I was here on a Friday and I kid you not, I didn't see a soul until I got back down here after hiking up to the other two drops. It was a bit spooky. :-)
Lower Silver Falls is located in Michigan's Baraga county on the Silver River. The Silver River has many drops, and they are lumped together into the Lower, Middle and Upper Falls. The Lower Falls are very easy to visit.
The falls consists of two chutes where the river is constricted to a narrow channel. The second is the larger of the two, and the river drops about 15 feet in a thirty foot stretch while taking a turn.
Lower Slaughter a fascinating name, which derives from 'miry place'. The link is the tiny River Eye, tributary to the nearby river Windrush. Lower Slaughter is just off the Fosse Way. The village is considered to be one of the prettiest in the area and is well photographed and the village has been used for filming and productions.
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I spent quite some time at the lower Tahquamenon Falls and got some interesting shots. My wife was so good at giving my the time I need and also adding her thoughts with some compositions.
Doug Harrop Photography • June 20, 1979
Rio Grande train No. 34 twists through the eight degree, lower horseshoe curve while ducking under US Highway 6 at Gilluly, Utah. Doug captured this view from the right of way at old "Scenic", about four miles timetable east by rail toward Soldier Summit.
D&RGW often dispatched multiple sections of train 34 daily out of Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. This variant features two cabooses, multiple piggback trailers and flatbeds loaded with concrete pipe.
Train symbol courtesy of Mark Hemphill.
Das ist die "Laidy" im Lower Antelope Canyon. Das motiv hat sich schon in diversen Werbespots zeigen lassen, im Letzten von Gillet. Diese Figur ist sehr eindrücklich und man erkennt sofort die "Laidy"
A beautiful forest and greenery surround the labyrinth of the Tahquamenon River as it winds away from its Lower Falls area in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, August, 2023.