{"id":119024,"date":"2023-12-15T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=119024"},"modified":"2023-12-15T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:36:37","slug":"snow-goose-in-salt-lake-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/12\/15\/snow-goose-in-salt-lake-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Goose In Salt Lake County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of November, I found a Snow Goose in Salt Lake County at my local pond. Unfortunately, on that afternoon, I didn&#8217;t have my camera with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-119021 size-full\" title=\"Urban Snow Goose in Salt Lake County\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055.jpg\" alt=\"Urban Snow Goose in Salt Lake County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/snow-goose-golf-course-mia-mcpherson-9055.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Urban Snow Goose in Salt Lake County \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I kept looking for the Snow Goose whenever I would drive down to my local ponds and the Jordan River. Looking for a white goose shouldn&#8217;t be that challenging amongst all the Canada Geese.<\/p>\n<p>On December 5th I was driving from the nearby Jordan River Trail access parking area when I saw a flash of white. I pulled over and saw the Snow Goose feeding on grass at a golf course with a small flock of Canada Geese.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My problem?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To photograph the Snow Goose, I had to shoot through a chain-link fence, and I was parked on the shoulder of the far side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>My camera kept trying to focus on the fence, so I needed to focus manually. A few of the images that I took of this goose weren&#8217;t sharp enough to pass my scrutiny, but this one was.<\/p>\n<p>I keep looking for the Snow Goose at my local pond. In fact, it flew into that pond on the same day that I found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/12\/07\/plastic-netting-will-kill-this-pied-billed-grebe\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pied-billed Grebe with netting on its face<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My problem that day?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Because of the Pied-billed Grebe and an injured American Coot I was going to try to rescue, I had walked back to my Jeep and had stowed my camera in it when I saw the white goose fly in. If I had waited just two minutes to stow my gear, I could have photographed the Snow Goose flying in.<\/p>\n<p>Bird photography has its frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>Oh well, I&#8217;ll keep looking for that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snow_goose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Snow Goose<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/snow-geese-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Snow Goose photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of November, I found a Snow Goose in Salt Lake County at my local pond. Unfortunately, on that afternoon, I didn&#8217;t have my camera with 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