{"id":24888,"date":"2015-05-30T06:29:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T12:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=24888"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:15:05","slug":"killdeer-in-flight-over-bear-river-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/05\/30\/killdeer-in-flight-over-bear-river-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Killdeer in Flight Over Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KilldeerKilldeer in flight over Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I have found trying to capture a Killdeer in flight a difficult endeavor because they fly fast and are hard to track but yesterday I did just that. I was photographing Forester’s Terns in flight over the marshes from the auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when I saw the Killdeer flying my way so I focused on it and created three nice flight shots.<\/p>\n

Killdeer are medium sized shorebirds from the plover family that can be found in most of North America. I am fortunate to see them here in many locations including the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

It was lovely to head to the refuge and have totally clear skies for a change after all the rain and cloudy weather we have had here in May.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I have found trying to capture a Killdeer in flight a difficult endeavor because they fly fast and are hard to track but yesterday I did just that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[124,27,1148,267,26],"tags":[4004,4144,9450,4052,4122,270,4094,610,9451,5841,275,4092,274,4018,4095],"class_list":["post-24888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-killdeer","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-charadrius-vociferus","tag-difficult","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-killdeer","tag-marsh","tag-marshes","tag-medium-sized","tag-plover","tag-plovers","tag-refuge","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-sky","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