{"id":28767,"date":"2015-09-30T06:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=28767"},"modified":"2024-01-03T05:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T12:08:14","slug":"a-drake-northern-pintail-at-farmington-bay-on-a-december-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/09\/30\/a-drake-northern-pintail-at-farmington-bay-on-a-december-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Northern Pintail at Farmington Bay on a January Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NorthernA Northern Pintail drake pano – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/1000, ISO 320, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I’ve been thinking about this upcoming winter wondering if we will get a normal amount of snow and of course about the birds I will see on cold mornings at Farmington Bay. I am always tickled to see and photograph Northern Pintails in their breeding plumage, especially the drakes. Of all the ducks I see I think the Northern Pintail drakes are the most elegant looking. They almost look like they are wearing a suit of some kind.<\/p>\n

\"DrakeA drake Northern Pintail in breeding plumage – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/1000, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

These photos were taken last January in the company of Ron and Wade who are good friends of mine. Northern Pintails don’t often allow such a close approach any time of the year but especially during hunting season so we were thrilled to photograph this one.<\/p>\n

I’ve already seen a few Northern Pintails flying over Farmington Bay and I hope to have more opportunities to photograph them this fall and winter. We will see.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I’ve been thinking about this upcoming winter wondering if we will get a normal amount of snow and of course about the birds I will see on cold mornings at Farmington Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119483,"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":[27,1022,697,966,26],"tags":[4004,978,4053,4483,1129,126,4064,4062,4094,2441,9647,9648,3996,2063,4095,373],"class_list":["post-28767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-northern-pintails","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-anas-acuta","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-ice","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-northern-pintail","tag-pintail","tag-pintails","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"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