{"id":32435,"date":"2015-11-12T05:48:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T12:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=32435"},"modified":"2024-11-08T06:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:28:02","slug":"a-young-peregrine-falcon-and-the-great-salt-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/11\/12\/a-young-peregrine-falcon-and-the-great-salt-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Peregrine Falcon and the Great Salt Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five days ago I photographed a young Peregrine Falcon perched on Tumbleweed<\/span><\/a> and yesterday I was able to take images of what I believe is the same falcon.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureYoung Peregrine Falcon with an open bill – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/3200, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the years that I have been photographing birds I haven’t had many chances with these falcons so I am always excited when I can see them in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrineImmature Peregrine Falcon perched on Tintic Quartzite boulder – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The young Peregrine Falcon was perched on tintic quartzite boulders that are along the causeway to Antelope Island State Park<\/a><\/span> when I spotted him. I liked the contrasts between the light colored boulders and the dark plumage of the peregrine in the morning light.<\/p>\n

\"HatchHatch year Peregrine Falcon on the rocks – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/3200, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I was so happy to see this young falcon because it has almost made it through the first year of its life which it the hardest on raptors. Peregrine Falcons have made a great comeback from near extinction caused by DDT. Hopefully this bird will survive and produce young of its own.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Peregrine Falcon rousing – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Salt Lake this time of the year is full of ducks and that means that there is ample food in the area for this young Peregrine Falcon. I hope that the falcon sticks around for awhile because I would love to get images of it hunting.<\/p>\n

\"YoungImmature Peregrine Falcon watching Avocets in flight – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

There are still quite a few American Avocets on the lake and as several flocks flew over the young bird turned its head towards the sky and watched them as they passed me by.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Peregrine Falcon on the playa of the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

While watching and photographing this falcon I couldn’t help but noticed how large its feet are compared to the rest of its body and I think this image shows that well.<\/p>\n

This was one of three falcons I found and pointed out yesterday. I also found an adult Peregrine and an immature Prairie Falcon and I hope to be able to get high quality images of them as well. I only saw the adult peregrine once and I didn’t get images of it and while I did get images of the Prairie Falcon that lighting was horrible.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The Great Salt Lake this time of the year is full of ducks and that means that there is ample food in the area for this young Peregrine Falcon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,1022,1134,26],"tags":[5552,2663,4956,4285,4078,5634,4279,1130,4005,5381,4067,4071,4099,6733,1135,6973,153,4470,4891,3251,4193],"class_list":["post-32435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-peregrine-falcons","category-utah","tag-bill","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-boulders","tag-falco-peregrinus","tag-falcon","tag-falcon-images","tag-falcons","tag-food","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-hatch-year","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-morning-light","tag-open","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-playa","tag-raptors","tag-rocks","tag-shore","tag-tintic-quartzite","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/peregrine-falcon-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-8749.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-8r9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43065,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/11\/11\/looking-for-peregrine-falcons-on-the-shore-of-the-great-salt-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":32435,"position":0},"title":"Looking For Peregrine Falcons On The Shore Of The Great Salt Lake","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This time of the year I start looking for Peregrine Falcons to show up near the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake because of the high numbers of ducks that are usually there.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Peregrine Falcon near the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/peregrine-falcon-rocks-mia-mcpherson-8538.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/peregrine-falcon-rocks-mia-mcpherson-8538.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/peregrine-falcon-rocks-mia-mcpherson-8538.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/peregrine-falcon-rocks-mia-mcpherson-8538.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50491,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/01\/05\/surprise-peregrine-falcon-with-prey-on-a-brisk-winter-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":32435,"position":1},"title":"Surprise Peregrine Falcon With Prey On A Brisk Winter Morning","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Finding and photographing the surprise Peregrine Falcon with prey was one of the brightest spots of my day.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Peregrine Falcon with prey on frosty grass, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peregrine-falcon-coot-mia-mcpherson-7490.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peregrine-falcon-coot-mia-mcpherson-7490.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peregrine-falcon-coot-mia-mcpherson-7490.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peregrine-falcon-coot-mia-mcpherson-7490.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32022,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/11\/08\/a-peregrine-falcon-on-a-tumbleweed-perch\/","url_meta":{"origin":32435,"position":2},"title":"Peregrine Falcon on a Tumbleweed Perch","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I was delighted to have a minute or two with this immature Peregrine Falcon on a tumbleweed perch in northern Utah. 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