{"id":100612,"date":"2022-03-12T05:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=100612"},"modified":"2024-01-03T03:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:24:19","slug":"ducks-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/03\/12\/ducks-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks On The Wing Over The Marsh At Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DucksDucks on the wing over the marsh at Bear River MBR \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

An adult Bald Eagle had flown over the marsh which stirred up most of the ducks and some of the Canada Geese.<\/p>\n

The mountains in the background of this image are in the Promontory Range which are located west of the refuge.<\/p>\n

There are five species of dabbling ducks in flight in this photo. There are Mallards, Northern Shovelers, American Wigeons, Northern Pintails and a single Green-winged Teal. All of the ducks are small in the frame. I find this photo appealing because it conveys a sense of place that a frame filling image of any of these ducks simply can’t.<\/p>\n

I wish that I would have had better light and light angle when I took this photo but unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control I arrived at the refuge much later than I normally do. Also, I wasn’t driving myself that day so I had zero control over the light angle.<\/p>\n

It was a very uncomfortable trip to the refuge. The temps were in the low 20’s and there was a 30 to 35 mph north wind blowing. I felt as if I was riding at the center of a super strength, industrial deep freezer. I had no heat, no heated seat to sit on and the open windows blew ice cold air into my eyes the entire time. I swear that the tears from that nasty wind blowing into my eyes made tearcicles on my eyelashes.<\/p>\n

I was dressed for the weather, had dressed in layers, wore thick socks, warm boots, and gloves and I still froze. My feet didn’t warm up until I was about half an hour south of the refuge on my way home. It was quite a switch from when I drove up to the refuge on Monday where even though it was just as cold I didn’t feel chilly the entire morning.<\/p>\n

I photographed other birds on the trip up to the refuge that day. I may or may not share some of those photos and write about the stories behind the images. Right now when I look at them all I can think about is how miserable I was that morning and I shiver.<\/p>\n

But… Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my duck, swan and geese photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took this photo of ducks on the wing over the marsh on my most recent trip up to the wetlands of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6312,124,27,1148,1175,965,966,429,26],"tags":[4004,6313,978,4534,4237,4052,4122,4294,1604,6314,4094,4069,2441,1137,6384,4528,4050,975,4095,373],"class_list":["post-100612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-wigeons","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-green-winged-teals","category-mallards","category-northern-pintails","category-northern-shovelers","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-wigeon","tag-anas-acuta","tag-anas-crecca","tag-anas-platyrhynchos","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-green-winged-teal","tag-mallard","tag-mareca-americana","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-northern-pintail","tag-northern-shoveler","tag-on-the-wing","tag-promontory-mountains","tag-snow","tag-spatula-clypeata","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t