{"id":36244,"date":"2016-02-23T05:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=36244"},"modified":"2025-02-09T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:28:14","slug":"barn-swallow-in-a-fog-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/02\/23\/barn-swallow-in-a-fog-at-red-rock-lakes-nwr-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Swallow In A Fog At Red Rock Lakes NWR, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BarnBarn Swallow in a fog – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m hearing reports of Western Grebes and Sandhill Cranes migrating into the Salt Lake Valley and I suppose it won’t be very long before I hear the first reports of swallows migrating in too.<\/p>\n

Last year I photographed nesting Barn Swallows in the Centennial Valley of Montana and in the Targhee National Forest of Clark County, Idaho. I had forgotten about photographing this Barn Swallow in a fog at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> until I was going through my archives yesterday. It was one of those mornings where I thought the fog and the moisture in the air accentuated the colors in the birds plumage quite naturally.<\/p>\n

Lake fog isn’t uncommon in the Centennial Valley and there are times that I find images of my subjects in the fog very appealing.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I had forgotten about photographing this Barn Swallow in a fog at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge until I was going through my archives yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139654,"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":[2108,1513,27,223,12,608],"tags":[4004,2111,834,5741,4175,3984,4545,615,4104,10403,4807,3470,9324],"class_list":["post-36244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barn-swallows","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-barn-swallow","tag-fence-rail","tag-fence-railing","tag-fog","tag-foggy","tag-hirundo-rustica","tag-lower-lake","tag-perched","tag-railing","tag-swallow","tag-swallows","tag-wooden-rail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/barn-swallow-fog-mia-mcpherson-0394.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-9qA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125851,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/03\/25\/tree-swallows-have-migrated-into-northern-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":36244,"position":0},"title":"Tree Swallows Have Migrated Into Northern Utah","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the weekend, I read on Facebook that Tree Swallows have migrated back into Northern Utah for their breeding season. 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