{"id":55100,"date":"2018-11-23T05:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55100"},"modified":"2024-05-21T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:12:59","slug":"autumn-american-goldfinch-and-rose-hips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/23\/autumn-american-goldfinch-and-rose-hips\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn American Goldfinch and Rose Hips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Goldfinch and Rose hips – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week I left home well before the sun came up, sat on my rear end for over five hours, traveled over 230 miles and the only decent image I took was of this American Goldfinch perched on a wild rose surrounded by scarlet rose hips. Had it not been for this one bird that I found I would have been totally skunked for bird photos that morning but at least I enjoyed the scenery.<\/p>\n

Was it worth getting up so early and traveling so far? I’m still on the fence about that though I believe that the images I took of the goldfinch are the only ones I have ever taken with rose hips in the frame so maybe it was.<\/p>\n

American Goldfinches are in their nonbreeding plumage at this time of the year which isn’t as vivid as their breeding plumage but I like the subtle coloring and sometimes find it more pleasing to my eyes and easier to photograph than the bright yellow plumage of the males in breeding plumage.<\/p>\n

I think I can safely say that if I were able to see into the future and knew before I left home that my photos of this American Goldfinch would be my only keepers that morning that it is likely that I would have stayed home. Perhaps it is a good thing I can’t see into the future though or I would have missed out on finding and seeing the Northern Mockingbird that may be overwintering in this same location. Photographing a Northern Mockingbird in a snowy setting is now on my dream list.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Earlier this week I left home well before the sun came up, sat on my rear end for over five hours, traveled over 230 miles and the only decent image I took was of this American Goldfinch perched on a wild rose surrounded by scarlet rose hips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2715,27,1148,1209,26],"tags":[4004,2716,970,4098,4620,3504,3495,6198,6199,4246,4104,6825,4749,2717,4507,5480],"class_list":["post-55100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-goldfinches","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-finches-and-allies","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-autumn","tag-desert","tag-fall","tag-finch","tag-finches","tag-goldfinch","tag-goldfinches","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-perched","tag-rose","tag-rose-hips","tag-spinus-tristis","tag-wild-rose","tag-winter-plumage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/american-goldfinch-nonbreeding-mia-mcpherson-9446.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ekI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103606,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/06\/24\/male-american-goldfinch-perched-above-a-creek\/","url_meta":{"origin":55100,"position":0},"title":"Male American Goldfinch Perched Above A Creek","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I am keeping my post short and simple with a male American Goldfinch in his breeding plumage perched high above a Wasatch Mountain creek.","rel":"","context":"In "American Goldfinches"","block_context":{"text":"American Goldfinches","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/finches-and-allies\/american-goldfinches\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Male American Goldfinch and a bright blue sky, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/american-goldfinch-male-and-blue-sky-mia-mcpherson-9856.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/american-goldfinch-male-and-blue-sky-mia-mcpherson-9856.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/american-goldfinch-male-and-blue-sky-mia-mcpherson-9856.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/american-goldfinch-male-and-blue-sky-mia-mcpherson-9856.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":137134,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/11\/18\/american-goldfinch-in-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":55100,"position":1},"title":"American Goldfinch In Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning, I photographed my first American Goldfinch here in Arkansas. 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