{"id":4219,"date":"2012-01-26T10:32:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:40:17","slug":"ride-ride-ride-hitching-a-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/26\/ride-ride-ride-hitching-a-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride, ride, ride…Hitching a ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since moving to Utah in the summer of 2009 I have wanted to get some images of an American Bison standing with the Great Salt Lake in the background. I had gotten them grazing on the hillsides, rolling around in a wallow, with calves, near the rocks and laying down but I hadn’t gotten the images I wanted with the lake clearly visible in the background.<\/p>\n

\"European\u00a0European Starling hitching a ride on an American Bison –\u00a0 Nikon d200, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 170mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As a bird and nature photographer there are always images that I dream of getting, sometimes it is of a certain species or a specific setting. Some of those images I have been fortunate enough to create, others; not yet.<\/p>\n

Patience does pay off because two days ago I was able to get a series of images of this bison with the Great Salt Lake clearly in view plus I had the added bonuses of having the snow topped Wasatch Mountain Range in the distance and a European Starling hitching a ride.<\/p>\n

So, on to my next “dream” shot, I wonder when it will happen.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Bison photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

* It isn’t uncommon to see Brown-headed Cowbirds or European Starlings perched on the backs of bison.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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