{"id":26892,"date":"2015-07-25T04:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T10:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=26892"},"modified":"2021-07-06T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T23:41:03","slug":"juvenile-wilsons-phalarope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/07\/25\/juvenile-wilsons-phalarope\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Wilson’s Phalarope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Wilson’s Phalarope – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> was lovely yesterday morning and one of the nice surprises I found was this juvenile Wilson’s Phalarope on the west side of the auto tour route.<\/p>\n

I have been seeing loads of Spotted Sandpipers and Wilson’s Phalaropes on the refuge but I haven’t been able to get close enough to them to take images but when I saw this juvenile phalarope I had to get out of my vehicle because the bird was on the passenger side and the young bird stayed put while I took quite a few images from over the hood of my Jeep. I like that I can still see downy fuzz on the back of the juvenile’s neck.<\/p>\n

I wish I could have gotten a lower angle perspective on this young bird but I felt that if I were to have laid down on the road to do that I would have flushed the phalarope and I didn’t want to do that. The comfort of my subject is always more important than the image.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s Phalaropes do breed in northern Utah and I suspect this juvenile maybe have been hatched on or nearby the refuge.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Wilson\u2019s Phalarope photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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