{"id":4832,"date":"2012-04-17T06:32:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:14:42","slug":"wierd-things-i-see-while-out-photographing-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/17\/wierd-things-i-see-while-out-photographing-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird things I see while out photographing birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is really weird to see a plane on the road to the campsite when you are way out in the boonies and there isn&#8217;t an airport in sight for miles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div style=\"width: 889px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  \" title=\"Airplane image taken with my HTC EVO\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27879%27%20height%3D%27522%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20879%20522%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27879%27%20height%3D%27522%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wpid-IMAG0049.jpg\" alt=\"Airplane image taken with my HTC EVO\" width=\"879\" height=\"522\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Airplane image taken with my HTC EVO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This plane had apparently just landed on the narrow road near the campground, the propeller and plane were still moving when we pulled up.<\/p>\n<p>Locomotive Springs is about 54 miles west of I-15 and once you pass The Golden Spike National Historic Area there is a long gravel road to travel on.<\/p>\n<p>You just never know what you will see when out looking for birds to photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<div 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