{"id":38209,"date":"2016-04-12T05:33:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=38209"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:00:41","slug":"sage-thrasher-wing-flutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/04\/12\/sage-thrasher-wing-flutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Thrasher Wing Flutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SageSage Thrasher wing flutter – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 320, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I came across this image yesterday that I took one day shy of a year ago while looking for another image in my files and thought that I would post it today because I like the wing position.<\/p>\n

The Sage Thrasher had been preening on top of a rabbitbrush and seemed to have lost its grip on the bush and fluttered one wing to regain its balance.<\/p>\n

I have been wondering if I was going to miss the Sage Thrashers displaying because they have been here in northern Utah for a while now.<\/p>\n

Bad weather has kept me out of the field far more than I would like but I checked my archives and I was still photographing them displaying later than this date last year. So hopefully I will still be able to photograph them exhibiting their courtship behaviors.<\/p>\n

On another note, I am getting closer to completing the move of my images from my old galleries to my new improved galleries.<\/p>\n

I have moved over 5400 images and right now I have about 892 more to go. A large portion of my time has been consumed by reprocessing images that had my old watermark without my name to the new one that has my name.<\/p>\n

I hope to have the move finished soon. I’m honestly tired of it and want some of my free time back.<\/p>\n

By the way, the Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> no-see-ums, aka biting gnats, are back and they bit me up yesterday. Time for insect repellent and keeping my head covered with a hat. Nasty bugs.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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