{"id":55632,"date":"2019-01-12T05:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55632"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:05:02","slug":"winter-fog-and-snow-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/01\/12\/winter-fog-and-snow-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Fog And Snow At Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BearBear River MBR winter snow and heavy fog – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 26mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

So… I did get out into the field yesterday but heavy fog got in the way of being able to see birds and the great scenery I know I could see at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Being there reminded me of three years ago when Jolie Gordon and myself went to the refuge after a reported Snowy Owl sighting<\/span><\/a> except that yesterday it wasn’t snowing like it was that February morning, it was just as foggy though. Really, really foggy.<\/p>\n

I did see a few birds through the fog but the photos weren’t worth keeping, not even the images that I took of a Barn Owl who appeared to be wet from all of the moisture hanging in the air.<\/p>\n

Still, it was nice to be out on the refuge and I enjoyed the quiet but foggy views from the auto tour route.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So… I did get out into the field yesterday but heavy fog got in the way of being able to see birds and the great scenery I know I could see at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147449,"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":[124,1148,26],"tags":[5576,4175,3984,4064,4094,4092,4050,6917,4095,373],"class_list":["post-55632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","tag-auto-tour-route","tag-fog","tag-foggy","tag-ice","tag-marsh","tag-refuge","tag-snow","tag-vegetation","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bear-river-mbr-in-fog-mia-mcpherson-9606.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eti","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63480,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/01\/28\/great-blue-herons-in-heavy-fog-at-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":55632,"position":0},"title":"Great Blue Herons In Heavy Fog At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"These foggy Great Blue Heron photos are probably the foggiest images in my portfolio and despite that I truly like how they turned out.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Great Blue Heron landing in heavy fog. 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