{"id":54727,"date":"2018-10-23T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=54727"},"modified":"2023-03-31T13:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:56:58","slug":"rock-wrens-always-so-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/10\/23\/rock-wrens-always-so-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Wrens – Always So Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rock Wrens are illusive subjects for me, they always seem to be so far away when I hear or spot them moving about on exposed rocks.<\/p>\n

\"RockRock Wren on a lichen covered rock – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Last month I was able to take my best photos of Rock Wrens so far since I moved to Utah but even those aren’t as close to the bird as I would have liked them to be. Rock Wrens are migratory and this time of the year I don’t expect to see many of them here in northern Utah although they do overwinter in southern Utah.<\/p>\n

Male Rock Wrens can have a repertoire of 100 or more songs. Listening to them while I search for and photograph other birds is music to my ears. Have a listen to their song here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This Rock Wren was perched on a lichen covered rock on a cliff in Box Elder County with blooming rabbitbrush in the frame.<\/p>\n

Rock Wrens blend into their habitat so easily and more often than not I hear them well before I can locate them.<\/p>\n

I hope that next year when the Rock Wrens migrate back to northern Utah that I will have opportunities to take close up, finely detailed photos of this species, until then I am going to use this photo as a placeholder in my photo galleries.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Last month I was able to take my best photos of Rock Wrens so far since I moved to Utah but even those aren’t as close to the bird as I would have liked them to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,1148,6857,26],"tags":[970,5131,4098,4620,3291,5771,4289,4921,2436,6858,5802,3822],"class_list":["post-54727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-rock-wrens","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-cliff","tag-desert","tag-fall","tag-lichen","tag-lichen-covered","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-rock","tag-rock-wren","tag-salpinctes-obsoletus","tag-wren","tag-wrens"],"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