{"id":30679,"date":"2015-10-21T05:25:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=30679"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:18:10","slug":"a-few-birds-from-yesterday-at-farmington-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/21\/a-few-birds-from-yesterday-at-farmington-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Birds From Yesterday At Farmington Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Northern Harrier in flight over a marsh – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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The light was beautiful yesterday morning at Farmington Bay WMA and I was able to photograph a few species if birds including this juvenile Northern Harrier flying over the marsh. The harrier had been flying almost directly at me and when they banked and made a turn, the light seemed to make it glow.<\/p>\n

\"Ring-billedRing-billed Gull flying over Farmington Bay – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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There were a few darker clouds to the north that made their way into a few on my images but I think they added interest to what otherwise would be just a plain blue background. This Ring-billed Gull flew past while I was watching grebes and I like the light on the bird and the darker background.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Coot in flight with dark clouds in the background – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I saw an American Coot flying in the distance and had to get images of it. I don’t often see coots flying and this one made a big loop in front of me and even though the bird is small in the frame… I like it.<\/p>\n

A lot.<\/p>\n

\"Red-wingedRed-winged Blackbird calling from the top of a phragmites – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/800, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the Red-wing Blackbirds were singing on top of cattails and phragmites and this one was bathed in nice light along side the road. I couldn’t resist aiming my lens at him!<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron fishing at Farmington Bay – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The wind was calm so the water in one of the ponds where I photographed the Great Blue Heron was smooth as silk until it plunged its bill under the water for prey and caused some ripples on the surface of the water.<\/p>\n

\"White-facedA White-faced Ibis and fall colors – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/800, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was surprised to find three White-faced Ibis along the road because most of them have already migrated south and I was delighted that this ibis was perched in front of vegetation that shows the colors of autumn.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the morning at Farmington Bay.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird photos in their galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The light was beautiful yesterday morning at Farmington Bay WMA and I was able to photograph a few species if birds including this juvenile Northern Harrier flying over the marsh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159084,"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":[137,27,1022,697,166,348,419,410,26,1372],"tags":[4151,4010,4117,3813,3483,765,2772,2773,4121,3987,3539,521,2783,3164,627,626,3721,5148,4264,4006,1373,4324,4468,4340],"class_list":["post-30679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-coots","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-great-blue-herons","category-northern-harriers","category-red-winged-blackbirds","category-ring-billed-gulls","category-utah","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-american-coot","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-circus-hudsonius","tag-coot","tag-coots","tag-fulica-americana","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-harrier","tag-harriers","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-larus-delawarensis","tag-northern-harrier","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-ring-billed-gull","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"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