{"id":108030,"date":"2022-11-13T04:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108030"},"modified":"2022-11-13T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:48:12","slug":"canada-geese-on-a-snowy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/13\/canada-geese-on-a-snowy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Geese On A Snowy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the hottest summer on record here in the Salt Lake Valley, I am looking forward to photographing Canada Geese on snowy days close to home.<\/p>\n

\"TwoTwo Canada Geese on a snowy day \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 1000, +2.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I came across this Canada Goose image a few days ago while looking for photos of Common Goldeneyes in my archives. I decided I wanted to share this image today because soon enough I will have plenty of gray, cloudy days. Winter can be like that here on the west side of the Wasatch Mountains.<\/p>\n

A few mornings ago while taking trash out for the weekly pickup I could see the Earth Shadow, Belt of Venus, the moon low on the horizon, and the snow covered peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains. The sight I saw was beautiful and I stopped what I was doing just to admire it. Then a flock of Canada Geese flew into the sky which made what I was seeing simply spectacular.<\/p>\n

Canada Geese are common birds here. However, I have lived in locations where I haven’t been able to see these “common” and sometimes annoying birds and have missed them terribly, which is why I can’t and won’t ignore or take them for granted. I\u2019ve taken thousands of images of Canada Geese over the years and I\u2019ve never once grown tired of seeing, hearing, or photographing them.<\/p>\n

During the cloudy, snowy, gray days of winter I am lucky that I can see and photograph Canada Geese within minutes from my front door. Just knowing that the geese are there makes me one happy woman.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

This image of the Canada Geese was taken in January of 2020.<\/p>\n

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

After the hottest summer on record here in the Salt Lake Valley, I am looking forward to photographing Canada Geese on snowy days close to home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28,709,26],"tags":[4004,32,4774,4828,713,4775,156,1984,4050,4328,8018,3996,2063,373],"class_list":["post-108030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-canada-geese","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-canada-geese","tag-cloudy","tag-geese","tag-goose","tag-low-light-2","tag-pond","tag-snow","tag-snowy","tag-urban","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/canada-geese-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-1896.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-s6q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55962,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/06\/canada-geese-on-a-snowy-day-much-like-this-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":108030,"position":0},"title":"Canada Geese On A Snowy Day Much Like This Morning","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This pair of Canada Geese were photographed last winter near the Jordan River close to where I live at the tail end of a storm similar to the storm occurring right now.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Snowy Canada Geese near the Jordan River, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-snow-day-mia-mcpherson-5904.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-snow-day-mia-mcpherson-5904.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-snow-day-mia-mcpherson-5904.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-snow-day-mia-mcpherson-5904.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":76259,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/12\/18\/canada-geese-on-the-wing-in-front-of-the-snowy-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":108030,"position":1},"title":"Canada Geese On The Wing In Front Of The Snowy Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I love to photograph birds on the wing. 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