{"id":113664,"date":"2023-06-04T01:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T07:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113664"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T21:04:54","slug":"wasatch-mountain-mallard-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/06\/04\/wasatch-mountain-mallard-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasatch Mountain Mallard Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t pass up photographing mountain Mallard babies when I find their little fluffy selves on mountain creeks, streams, lakes, or reservoirs. I don’t even try to pass them by. These ducklings are just freaking adorable.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Mallard babies in a creek \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was almost a year ago when I found these Mallard ducklings floating on a creek high in the Wasatch Mountains. I suspect that the Mallards up there might have nested a bit later this year than in the previous few years because of the higher amount of snow we received this past winter.<\/p>\n

Every time I see Mallard ducklings, I hope they will survive to adulthood. Although Mallards are a common duck species across most of North America, I still love them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Maybe part of the reason is also that when I lived overseas I did not see Mallards and I missed them during those years.<\/p>\n

I am hoping to see some Mallard babies again this year.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I can’t pass up photographing mountain Mallard babies when I find their little fluffy selves on mountain creeks, streams, lakes, or reservoirs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113661,"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":[27,965,1731,26,773],"tags":[4237,6479,3940,3843,4717,4414,4067,4071,1604,7951,4069,165,3996,2063,4193],"class_list":["post-113664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-mallards","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-anas-platyrhynchos","tag-babies","tag-canyon","tag-creek","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-ducklings","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-mallard","tag-mallards","tag-mountains","tag-spring","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","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