{"id":26418,"date":"2015-07-07T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=26418"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:14:15","slug":"a-tree-swallow-defending-its-nest-for-the-memory-of-a-great-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/07\/07\/a-tree-swallow-defending-its-nest-for-the-memory-of-a-great-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree Swallow Defending Its Nest Photo In Memory Of A Great Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Tree Swallow defending its nest – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/3200, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m posting this Tree Swallow image that was taken at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in memory of a great friend, Rohn McKee. Rohn was a passionate bird photographer and he loved Red Rock Lakes NWR<\/span><\/a> as much as I do which is why I picked this image. He always had a smile, always<\/em>. He lived in Idaho and during the winter he would photograph at Farmington Bay WMA and Antelope Island here in Utah and I’d run into him all the time.<\/p>\n

\"RohnRohn McKee<\/span><\/p>\n

Rohn passed away three years ago today while he was photographing birds and wildlife in Idaho so he died doing what he loved. He is not forgotten.<\/p>\n

Some times good people leave far too soon.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I’m posting this Tree Swallow image that was taken at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in memory of a great friend, Rohn McKee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143956,"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":[1513,27,223,12,608,2171],"tags":[4004,822,4052,4122,9665,9666,4062,2279,9664,165,4807,3470,4377,1523,5434],"class_list":["post-26418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-tree-swallows","tag-adult","tag-defensive","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-great-friend","tag-in-memory","tag-male","tag-nest-box","tag-rohn-mckee","tag-spring","tag-swallow","tag-swallows","tag-tachycineta-bicolor","tag-tree-swallow","tag-valley"],"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