{"id":43245,"date":"2016-11-24T05:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=43245"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:24:10","slug":"what-i-am-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/11\/24\/what-i-am-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Am Thankful For…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowSnow covered Farmington Bay and the Oquirrh Mountains – Nikon D300, f10, 1\/800, ISO 320, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 60mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I am thankful for my family, my chosen family, my friends, and for all of you who view my posts daily.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful for a roof over my head, food in my belly, for the heat that keeps me warm, and for clean water.<\/p>\n

I am thankful for living as long as I have and for being able to live my life the way I want to and to be able to pursue my passion of bird, wildlife, and nature photography.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful that there are still wild places for me to explore and be enchanted by and connected to.<\/p>\n

I am thankful for the snow on the ground this morning because it makes it feel more “Thanksgivingish” to me.<\/p>\n

There is simply so much that I am thankful for.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Utah landscape and travel photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am thankful for living as long as I have and for being able to live my life the way I want to and to be able to pursue my passion of bird, wildlife and nature photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174456,"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":[1022,697,26],"tags":[4101,4094,4069,5528,4050,4328,4076,5434,4095,373],"class_list":["post-43245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-clouds","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-oquirrh-mountains","tag-snow","tag-snowy","tag-trees","tag-valley","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/farmington-bay-winter-mia-mcpherson-9145.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-bfv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79732,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/02\/23\/tundra-swans-on-ice-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","url_meta":{"origin":43245,"position":0},"title":"Tundra Swans On Ice At Farmington Bay WMA","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed Tundra Swans on the ice at Farmington Bay WMA that showed the snow covered Oquirrh Mountains in the background last week.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tundra Swans on ice at Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tundra-swans-on-ice-farmington-bay-mia-mcpherson-1294.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tundra-swans-on-ice-farmington-bay-mia-mcpherson-1294.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tundra-swans-on-ice-farmington-bay-mia-mcpherson-1294.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tundra-swans-on-ice-farmington-bay-mia-mcpherson-1294.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":121870,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/02\/25\/my-first-of-year-sandhill-crane\/","url_meta":{"origin":43245,"position":1},"title":"My First Of Year Sandhill Crane","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"While I was at Farmington Bay WMA two days ago, I heard and saw my first Sandhill Crane of the year. 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