{"id":4521,"date":"2012-02-23T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2023-10-25T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:39:22","slug":"common-raven-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/23\/common-raven-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Raven in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve struggled to get close to Common Ravens here in Utah, mostly they are in bad light or are too skittish to get close enough to nearly fill the frame but I was able to get some flight shots this morning.<\/p>\n

\"CommonCommon Raven\u00a0in flight\u00a0–\u00a0Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 400, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravens have always appealed to me even though some people might consider them “plain black birds”.\u00a0 One of the reason I like them so much is that they are very smart and among the most intelligent birds in the world. I also love the iridescence that sometimes shows in their plumage plus\u00a0Common Ravens are great\u00a0 fun to observe and to photograph.<\/p>\n

This Common Raven was one of a pair that flew close enough to me to get some nice, nearly frame filling images of them with the Wasatch Mountain Range in the background.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Ravens have always appealed to me even though some people might consider them “plain black birds”. One of the reason I like them so much is that they are very smart and among the most intelligent birds in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,219,1022,26],"tags":[4004,1544,3194,4257,4052,4122,4751,2732,30,373],"class_list":["post-4521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-common-ravens","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-common-raven","tag-corvids","tag-corvus-corax","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-raven","tag-ravens","tag-utah-2","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t