{"id":34007,"date":"2024-03-06T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=34007"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T23:15:08","slug":"this-mornings-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=34007","title":{"rendered":"This Morning&#8217;s Best Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34008\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34008\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3157b-w8-360x300.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater Prairie Chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some mornings I take our dog on a tour of the four local lakes. I always have a camera and at least three lenses with me. Our first stop was to see if the local Greater Prairie Chicken was out and about. He was.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34009\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3175c-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34009\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3175c-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3175c-w8.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3175c-w8-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Greater-Prairie-Chicken-7D2-3175c-w8-768x782.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater Prairie Chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He has become a favorite among local photographers and bird watchers and I have written about him before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34011\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Western-Meadowlark-7D2-3265b-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34011\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Western-Meadowlark-7D2-3265b-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Western-Meadowlark-7D2-3265b-w8.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Western-Meadowlark-7D2-3265b-w8-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Meadowlark<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the first lake the prize photo op was a Western Meadowlark on a utility line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34012\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Ross-Canada-Geese-7D2-3309c-w8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34012\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Ross-Canada-Geese-7D2-3309c-w8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Ross-Canada-Geese-7D2-3309c-w8.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/240306-Ross-Canada-Geese-7D2-3309c-w8-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross&#8217;s Goose and Canada Geese<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My last favorite photo of the day was at the last lake. But it didn&#8217;t happen until the geese at the lake moved to a grassy area near the lake. A Ross&#8217;s Goose was hanging out with the local population of Canada Geese.<\/p>\n<p>Not a bad morning for photography. As for our dog, we stopped at a lake with no waterfowl around, so I let him out to run around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some mornings I take our dog on a tour of the four local lakes. I always have a camera and at least three lenses with me. 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