{"id":16145,"date":"2014-10-15T06:22:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T12:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16145"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:21:53","slug":"red-winged-blackbird-and-a-midge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/15\/red-winged-blackbird-and-a-midge\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-winged Blackbird and a Midge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-wingedRed-winged Blackbird and a Midge – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/1000, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or set up
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

This male Red-winged Blackbird was photographed yesterday at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.<\/p>\n

There are tons of Red-winged Blackbirds<\/span><\/a> in the area right now but this was the only one that allowed a close enough approach where I could photograph it, the rest were very skittish.<\/p>\n

I was tickled to see the flying midge in the image because I hadn’t noticed it when I was taking the photos.<\/p>\n

I am a little frustrated this morning because my computer automatically updated to Windows 8.1 and it took almost an hour and a half just to be able to work on a post so I am keeping this short.<\/p>\n

I suppose the next time I boot up my lap top I am going to have to go through the whole process again with it.<\/p>\n

Even when I am frustrated life is good. Sorta.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This male Red-winged Blackbird was photographed yesterday at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162306,"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":[27,1022,697,5736,419,26],"tags":[4004,4151,970,3813,3483,781,4620,1830,4062,4094,4365,4104,4324,4018,4095],"class_list":["post-16145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-midges","category-red-winged-blackbirds","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-autumn","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-chironomidae","tag-fall","tag-greasewood","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-midge","tag-perched","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-sky","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-mia-mcpherson-2517.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-4cp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14662,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/01\/springtime-male-red-winged-blackbird-at-farmington-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":16145,"position":0},"title":"Springtime Male Red-winged Blackbird At Farmington Bay","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning's sunny weather felt lovely compared to Sunday which was gray, windy, rainy and snowy and maybe this male Red-winged Blackbird was feeling the difference in weather too.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-winged Blackbird male on a spring day, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-spring-mia-mcpherson-0977.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-spring-mia-mcpherson-0977.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-spring-mia-mcpherson-0977.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-winged-blackbird-male-spring-mia-mcpherson-0977.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60965,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/22\/immature-male-red-winged-blackbird\/","url_meta":{"origin":16145,"position":1},"title":"Immature Male Red-winged Blackbird","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this young male Red-winged Blackbird singing at the top of a Russian olive tree at Farmington Bay WMA nine days ago.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature male Red-winged Blackbird singing from the top of a tree, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-winged-blackbird-immature-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-8876.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-winged-blackbird-immature-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-8876.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-winged-blackbird-immature-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-8876.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/red-winged-blackbird-immature-male-singing-mia-mcpherson-8876.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":122239,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/01\/male-red-winged-blackbird-singing-in-a-marsh\/","url_meta":{"origin":16145,"position":2},"title":"Male Red-winged Blackbird Singing In A Marsh","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"One week ago, my ears were delighted to hear this male Red-winged Blackbird singing and calling on the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA. 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