{"id":100674,"date":"2022-03-14T05:28:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=100674"},"modified":"2024-02-01T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T15:54:10","slug":"young-great-blue-heron-in-front-of-the-promontory-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/03\/14\/young-great-blue-heron-in-front-of-the-promontory-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Great Blue Heron In Front Of The Promontory Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I had one great trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and one trip that wasn’t so great. This photo is from the one that wasn’t comfortable at all. I still shiver when I think about that second trip up to the refuge.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Great Blue Heron flying in front of snow covered mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I liked this image of an immature Great Blue Heron flying in front of the snow covered Promontory Mountains<\/span><\/a> even though the heron is small in the frame. The refuge covers a large area of the valley and having the heron small in the frame is a visual reminder of that for me. When I visit the refuge I feel small in the grand scope of nature. That isn’t a bad thing, it just is.<\/p>\n

It was nice to see snow on the Promontory Mountains. There hasn’t been much of that fluffy white stuff fall this winter.<\/p>\n

Seconds after I took this photo a small flock of Green-winged Teals flew along with the immature heron for a short distance.<\/p>\n

The adult Great Blue Herons at the refuge are sporting their breeding plumage already. The herons that hatched last year will have to wait a while to look like them.<\/p>\n

Since there are very few trees out on the marshes at the refuge I suspect that the Great Blue Herons at Bear River MBR nest on the ground. The herons at Farmington Bay WMA to the south of the refuge are incubating eggs and I suspect that they are incubating at the refuge too. Great Blue Herons nest early here in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Great Blue Heron photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I liked this image of an immature Great Blue Heron flying in front of the snow covered Promontory Mountains even though the heron is small in the frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100672,"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":[124,27,1148,166,26],"tags":[4117,4052,4122,3987,627,626,4067,4094,4069,4528,4043,4050,313,4095,373,4193],"class_list":["post-100674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-great-blue-herons","category-utah","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-immature","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-promontory-mountains","tag-small-in-frame","tag-snow","tag-wading-birds","tag-wetlands","tag-winter","tag-young"],"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