{"id":14576,"date":"2014-03-18T05:40:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T11:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2024-04-08T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:00:10","slug":"a-bouquet-of-black-rosy-finches-at-capitol-reef-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/03\/18\/a-bouquet-of-black-rosy-finches-at-capitol-reef-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouquet of Black Rosy-Finches at Capitol Reef National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BlackBlack Rosy-Finches – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the biggest surprises for me on my recent trip to southern Utah was coming across a “bouquet” of 500 or more Black Rosy-Finches that were foraging along the side of Utah State Highway 24.<\/p>\n

The lighting was horrible and at first I could not ID the birds because of them being in the shade. The fact that the finches were moving very quickly made it even harder.\u00a0 As soon as I was able to scope them out with my lens I said “Black Rosy-Finches!”<\/p>\n

Lifers! Eureka!<\/p>\n

During the breeding season Black Rosy-Finches<\/span><\/a> (Leucosticte atrata<\/em>) are found at elevations of over 10,000 feet but they do winter at lower elevations. The flock I saw apparently hadn’t started to move to their breeding grounds.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned the birds moved very quickly and stayed primarily in the shade so I wasn’t able to get close up images or even images of high quality. But I was entranced by the small birds and hope that one day I will be able to get the images I now long for of these small beautiful birds.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird ph0tos in their galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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