{"id":33848,"date":"2015-12-02T05:17:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=33848"},"modified":"2023-12-17T05:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T12:21:31","slug":"redhead-hen-on-the-bear-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/12\/02\/redhead-hen-on-the-bear-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Redhead Hen on the Bear River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RedheadRedhead hen at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this Redhead hen yesterday morning at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> as she floated on the Bear River. I saw a low temperature of 4\u00b0F (-15\u00b0C) on the refuge and big sections of the river were frozen over so the ducks I saw were all gathered where there was open water but none were as close as this Redhead hen.<\/p>\n

I’ve mentioned before that I sometimes enjoy the settings of my images as much as I do my subject and in the case of these two images I find the water just as appealing as the duck itself. The vegetation reflected on the water in this image compliment the warmer tones of the duck’s plumage and contrasts nicely with the icy blue of the river.<\/p>\n

\"HenHen Redhead on the Bear River – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In this image far less of the vegetation on the bank of the Bear River shows in the reflection on the water but the clear blue sky overhead made the river appear a crisp, vivid blue with swirls caused by the fluid movement of the river.<\/p>\n

Redheads are medium sized diving ducks with rounded heads and moderately large bills. Like most duck species the female Redheads are much drabber than the males<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a side note, I saw and photographed two late migrating Long-billed Curlews yesterday on the south side of the auto tour loop on the refuge. I have seen Long-billed Curlews this late before at Farmington Bay WMA but I hope the curlews leave very soon because they would probably die from exposure and starvation if they don’t migrate.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I photographed this Redhead hen yesterday morning at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge as she floated on the Bear River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119085,"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":[124,27,2460,26],"tags":[4004,970,2461,4529,4753,1129,126,4620,4070,4359,4094,4560,5558,3996,2063,4095],"class_list":["post-33848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-redheads","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-aythya-americana","tag-bear-river","tag-diving-ducks","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-fall","tag-female","tag-hen","tag-marsh","tag-redhead","tag-river","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/redhead-hen-mia-mcpherson-4696.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-8NW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27496,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/08\/18\/it-is-getting-duckier-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":33848,"position":0},"title":"It is Getting Duckier at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is getting duckier. 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