{"id":55903,"date":"2019-02-02T06:42:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55903"},"modified":"2025-09-14T05:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:52:12","slug":"drake-common-goldeneye-flapping-his-wings-on-the-jordan-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/02\/drake-common-goldeneye-flapping-his-wings-on-the-jordan-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Common Goldeneye Flapping His Wings On The Jordan River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CommonCommon Goldeneye drake on the Jordan River – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel fortunate to live close to the Jordan River Parkway<\/span><\/a> since it is a beautiful river and because of the birds I find there. The Parkway is 40 miles in length and runs through Utah, Salt Lake and Davis Counties on its way to the Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

During the winter I’m able to see some of the ducks that I don’t see during the breeding season here in northern Utah on the Jordan River including Common Goldeneyes.<\/p>\n

I’ve photographed the goldeneyes diving in the swift moving water of the river while searching for food, watching them chase each other and floating along the tree lined river.<\/p>\n

This Common Goldeneye drake had been foraging and he flapped his wings rapidly before continuing to search underwater for food just below a small section of rapids. I photographed him one afternoon this past January when the clouds broke up enough to allow some sunshine to light up the birds on the river.<\/p>\n

It is probably a good thing that I don’t live close enough to the Jordan River where I could see it out of my windows or I would never get anything done, I’d always be looking for birds.<\/p>\n

What a way to spend the day though, right?<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

During the winter I’m able to see some of the ducks that I don’t see during the breeding season here in northern Utah on the Jordan River including Common Goldeneyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155918,"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":[27,962,758,709,26],"tags":[4004,4053,4238,4520,4711,4483,1129,126,6348,5586,5556,4062,5557,5558,4470,8018,2063,3200,373],"class_list":["post-55903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-common-goldeneyes","category-jordan-river-trail","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-bucephala-clangula","tag-common-goldeneye","tag-diving-duck","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-goldeneye","tag-goldeneyes","tag-jordan-river","tag-male","tag-rapids","tag-river","tag-rocks","tag-urban","tag-waterfowl","tag-wing-flapping","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