{"id":35855,"date":"2016-02-20T05:57:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=35855"},"modified":"2021-05-10T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:38:10","slug":"male-brewers-blackbird-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/02\/20\/male-brewers-blackbird-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Brewer’s Blackbird Portrait – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw a flock of Brewer’s Blackbirds yesterday at Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a>, there were a few females but most of the flock consisted of males. I was able to take this male Brewer’s Blackbird portrait as it perched next to the road that shows the iridescent colors in his plumage quite nicely. I think he only allowed such a close approach because I was in a vehicle using it as a mobile blind.<\/p>\n

The flock of Brewer’s Blackbirds I saw and photographed yesterday seemed as if they were on alert and that could have been because there was a Prairie Falcon perched on a pole not too far from the blackbirds. One second I was photographing them and in a split second they all lifted off and flew further away.<\/p>\n

Brewer’s Blackbirds are year round residents in Utah but I don’t seem to see them as much in the middle of winter as I do other times of the year and that might occur because I am usually not photographing birds in the specific habitat that the Brewer’s use during the coldest months of the year.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was able to take this male Brewer’s Blackbird portrait as it perched next to the road that shows the iridescent colors in his plumage quite nicely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35852,"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":[27,420,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,3813,3483,4338,4142,4263,2151,4062,4046],"class_list":["post-35855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-brewers-blackbirds","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-brewers-blackbird","tag-close-up","tag-euphagus-cyanocephalus","tag-iridescent-colors","tag-male","tag-portrait"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/brewers-blackbird-adult-male-mia-mcpherson-3252.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-9kj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60787,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/10\/12\/male-brewers-blackbird-close-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":35855,"position":0},"title":"Male Brewer\u2019s Blackbird Close Up","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning I was able to take close up images of a male Brewer's Blackbird in the kind of light that showed all of its beautiful iridescent colors with the silky blue water of a pond in the background.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Brewer's Blackbird close up, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brewers-blackbird-close-up-mia-mcpherson-7674.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brewers-blackbird-close-up-mia-mcpherson-7674.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brewers-blackbird-close-up-mia-mcpherson-7674.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brewers-blackbird-close-up-mia-mcpherson-7674.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49111,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/10\/23\/autumn-brewers-blackbirds\/","url_meta":{"origin":35855,"position":1},"title":"Autumn Brewer’s Blackbirds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I always have fun photographing Brewer's Blackbirds even though they are a challenge to expose properly, it is precisely that challenge that keeps me on my toes.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Male Brewer's Blackbird catching a midge","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/brewers-blackbird-male-midge-mia-mcpherson-1958.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/brewers-blackbird-male-midge-mia-mcpherson-1958.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/brewers-blackbird-male-midge-mia-mcpherson-1958.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/brewers-blackbird-male-midge-mia-mcpherson-1958.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":111281,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/17\/male-brewers-blackbird-portraits\/","url_meta":{"origin":35855,"position":2},"title":"Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portraits","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I took these two male Brewer's Blackbird portraits yesterday at my local pond. 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