{"id":116599,"date":"2023-10-01T04:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T10:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=116599"},"modified":"2023-10-01T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T10:54:06","slug":"killdeer-on-a-boat-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/10\/01\/killdeer-on-a-boat-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Killdeer On A Boat Ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I photographed this Killdeer on a boat ramp at Farmington Bay WMA. It’s such a simple image, and that’s probably why I like it so much.<\/p>\n

\"KilldeerKilldeer on a boat ramp at Farmington Bay WMA \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I like the slightly over the shoulder look I got from this shorebird, the great eye contact, and the distraction-free setting.<\/p>\n

There were five Killdeer at the boat ramp that morning. I focused on photographing just two of them because the other three had messier foregrounds.<\/p>\n

The clear bright sky reflected as an electric blue on the water. So vivid that it almost looks as if I added some saturation to this image. I didn’t and even considered decreasing the saturation a bit. But this image is what it is and I left it alone.<\/p>\n

Killdeer are the first shorebirds I learned to identify as a child. I was only around five years old when I realized I could identify them by their sound<\/span><\/a> and sight. Even way back then as a tiny girl I thought they were rather noisy. Vociferous is<\/em> part of their scientific name for a reason!<\/p>\n

I believe I have seen or photographed Killdeer every month of the year\u00a0 here in northern Utah. They may look a bit delicate but they are tough little birds.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Last week, I photographed this Killdeer on a boat ramp at Farmington Bay WMA. It’s such a simple image, and that’s probably why I like it so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116595,"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":[27,1022,697,267,26],"tags":[970,14398,4144,4620,270,6515,4094,5841,275,274,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-116599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-killdeer","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-boat-ramp","tag-charadrius-vociferus","tag-fall","tag-killdeer","tag-killdeers","tag-marsh","tag-plover","tag-plovers","tag-shorebirds-2","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