Eastern Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

My goal was to see prairie chickens. But it was cool and foggy and there were no prairie chickens to be seen at the Kellerton Iowa Bird Conservation Area. So I turned my attention elsewhere.

There were several meadowlarks in the area. One in particular liked two fence posts not far from the road. So I parked on the side of the road not far from one of those fence posts. He finally landed on the post and started to sing. I took a few photos, drove a little closer and took more photos. The closer yet and more photos. Eventually I got as close as I could get and took another series of photos. This is of them.

A car makes a pretty good photo blind for getting much closer to wild birds than you could ever get on foot.