{"id":109995,"date":"2023-02-04T03:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=109995"},"modified":"2024-02-06T04:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:08:26","slug":"leaning-post-bald-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/04\/leaning-post-bald-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning Post Bald Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"

After my recent visit to Bear River MBR<\/span><\/a> I wanted to share photos of a Bald Eagle on a leaning post that can be seen from the road leading to the auto tour loop.<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Bald Eagle on a leaning post \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 800, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bald Eagle wasn’t there first thing in the morning when I was driving to the auto tour loop. I found it perched on the leaning post when I was heading back to the interstate. Photographing Bald Eagles on this leaning post<\/span><\/a> has almost become a winter tradition for me at the refuge.<\/p>\n

The first time I photographed a Bald Eagle perched on this post was in March of 2010, which was at the end of my first winter in Utah. I was thrilled to photograph a Bald Eagle on that post then.<\/p>\n

All these years later, I am still thrilled to photograph the eagles on the leaning post which has been leaning slightly more towards the ground each year.<\/p>\n

\"SternStern looking Bald Eagle on a leaning post \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 800, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d love to get a photo of one of the Bald Eagles lifting off from the leaning post but so far I have not been able to accomplish that feat.<\/p>\n

I love the marshy setting in the images I have taken of the eagles on this post which sometimes shows a ribbon of ice and sometimes a ribbon of water behind the post and eagle. On clear days distant mountain hillsides can be seen. Two days ago there was a bit of haze building up due to our winter inversion by the time I took these photos so those hillsides are hidden.<\/p>\n

My favorite time to photograph a Bald Eagle on the leaning post is just after the sun rises over the Wasatch Mountains because of the warm, golden glow that can be seen for a few, brief minutes in the morning.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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