{"id":113374,"date":"2023-05-11T04:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113374"},"modified":"2023-05-11T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:01:44","slug":"male-american-goldfinch-in-his-finest-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/05\/11\/male-american-goldfinch-in-his-finest-plumage\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Goldfinch In His Finest Plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The heavy snowpack is still making it impossible for me to get into the mountains to photograph birds like this male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale American Goldfinch in spring \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I took this goldfinch photo two years ago today high in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> in Morgan County. The finch was perched on a hawthorn branch that had already started to leaf out.<\/p>\n

I miss being up in the mountains. Hopefully the snow melt this spring won’t cause damage to any of the roads I use when I am in them.<\/p>\n

I keep wondering what trees and shrubs are leafing out, if the spring migrants have arrived, and how long it will be before I can visit them all.<\/p>\n

Time will tell.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The heavy snowpack is still making it impossible for me to get into the mountains to photograph birds like this male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113370,"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":[2715,27,4594,26,773],"tags":[4004,2716,4897,4053,3940,4101,3504,3495,6198,6199,6566,8218,4062,4069,4104,4018,2717,165],"class_list":["post-113374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-goldfinches","category-avian","category-morgan-county","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-branch","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-canyon","tag-clouds","tag-finch","tag-finches","tag-goldfinch","tag-goldfinches","tag-hawthorn","tag-leaf-buds","tag-male","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-sky","tag-spinus-tristis","tag-spring"],"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