{"id":15344,"date":"2014-07-08T05:59:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15344"},"modified":"2023-03-20T06:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T12:37:25","slug":"wigeon-pond-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/07\/08\/wigeon-pond-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WigeonWigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana<\/span><\/p>\n

The amazing birds and animals keep me going back to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge but the scenery and wildness of the area does too. I can take images of the area but they can never fully capture the beauty there. This is a set of three images taken the end of May that\u00a0I stitched together to create this panoramic view of Wigeon Pond found at the eastern section of the refuge.<\/p>\n

When I look at this I think of one word and it is “peace”. What one word can you think of to describe it?<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The amazing birds and animals keep me going back to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge but the scenery and wildness of the area does too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,223,12,608],"tags":[224,4026,4101,7017,4109,5435,5178,4094,4069,519,4035,1984,6607,4018,4050,9493,165,4076,5434,3996,4095,2706],"class_list":["post-15344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-centennial-mountains","tag-centennial-valley","tag-clouds","tag-foothills","tag-grasses","tag-hills","tag-lake","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-pond","tag-shrubs","tag-sky","tag-snow","tag-snow-topped","tag-spring","tag-trees","tag-valley","tag-water","tag-wetlands","tag-wigeon-pond"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-0532.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Zu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15225,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/17\/longing-for-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":15344,"position":0},"title":"Longing for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It is raining here in the valley this morning and snow is falling in the high country in the middle of June so I am sitting here dreaming of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"View of the Centennial Mountains from Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-7409.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-7409.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-7409.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/red-rock-lakes-wigeon-pond-mia-mcpherson-7409.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":111393,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/22\/world-water-day-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":15344,"position":1},"title":"World Water Day 2023","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is World Water Day. 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