{"id":40640,"date":"2016-07-26T05:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40640"},"modified":"2025-02-16T03:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T09:55:23","slug":"juvenile-black-crowned-night-herons-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/07\/26\/juvenile-black-crowned-night-herons-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons at Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PairPair of juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons at Bear River – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I couldn’t bring myself to go to Antelope Island to see the destruction that the fire caused yet so I spent yesterday morning at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and pretty much had it to myself.<\/p>\n

On the way there though I had another rock thrown into the windshield of my Jeep so I am at home this morning waiting for it to be repaired. It happened in the same section of I-15 that is under construction where my Jeep got hit by a rock in mid May.\u00a0 If there were only another way to get past that construction!<\/p>\n

\"WatchfulWatchful Black-crowned Night Heron juvenile – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw plenty of birds yesterday including juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons at Bear River MBR<\/span><\/a> every where I looked. Most of the night herons flew off well before I could get close enough to take pictures but there were two that seemed to ignore me, my Jeep and the big lens hanging out the window.<\/p>\n

The heron above wasn’t nervous about me when I photographed it, it was being watchful of a male Northern Harrier that flew very close to it and the other juvenile night heron nearby.<\/p>\n

I am not sure I care for the background in these images because it does look a bit messy but this is where the herons live and I don’t take them being out in the open for granted.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Black-crowned Night Heron Lifting Off – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw at least 100 juvenile and adult Black-crowned Night Herons on my trip around the auto tour loop and I hope that means they had a great breeding season this year.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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