{"id":101436,"date":"2022-04-07T05:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T11:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=101436"},"modified":"2022-04-07T05:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T11:13:35","slug":"cinnamon-teal-hen-lift-off-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/07\/cinnamon-teal-hen-lift-off-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinnamon Teal Hen Lift Off Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CinnamonCinnamon Teal hen with wings raising for lift off \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt delighted to be able to take a series of this Cinnamon Teal hen lifting off from the marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> yesterday morning. These small dabbling ducks can lift off in the time it takes to blink our eyes. They can be extremely skittish at the refuge especially after a long hunting season.<\/p>\n

This female Cinnamon Teal gave me the opportunity to take a few images of her gracefully floating on the water before she raised her wings slightly. Her wing movement indicated to me that she was going to take off. I locked onto her with my camera.<\/p>\n

These images are in sequential order.<\/p>\n

\"CinnamonCinnamon Teal Hen about to lift off \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Her wings then slapped down onto the surface of the water and the hen pressed her head forward.<\/p>\n

\"CinnamonCinnamon Teal hen lifting off from water \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

And the next frame shows the hen Cinnamon Teal above the surface of the marsh with splashing water trailing below her feet. Typically I wouldn’t like this composition because the hen is so close to the right side of the frame. I cropped it this way to show all the splashing water.<\/p>\n

Sadly I missed out on several other opportunities to photograph other Cinnamon Teal hens and drakes lifting off because for a split second I looked away, adjusted my settings, didn’t get to the ducks fast enough or blinked my eyes.<\/p>\n

It was a thrill for me to capture this teal hen lifting off from the marsh yesterday morning in just three frames.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I felt delighted to be able to take a series of this Cinnamon Teal hen lifting off from the marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101427,"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":[124,27,1148,961,26],"tags":[4004,2439,4717,1129,4070,4359,4282,4944,4094,972,165,3792,5428,7094,4920,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-101436","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-cinnamon-teals","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-cinnamon-teal","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-duck","tag-female","tag-hen","tag-lift-off","tag-lifting-off","tag-marsh","tag-spatula-cyanoptera","tag-spring","tag-take-off","tag-taking-off","tag-teal","tag-teals","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"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