{"id":58989,"date":"2019-07-14T05:17:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=58989"},"modified":"2025-05-26T03:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:55:31","slug":"american-robins-in-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/07\/14\/american-robins-in-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"American Robins In Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnAn American Robin swallowing a crabapple whole \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/6400, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been hot here in northern Utah where last week saw two days over and at 100\u00b0F and the forecast for this week has days just about that hot so I thought I would share some cooling views of my subjects photographed in snow.<\/p>\n

In February of this year there were a couple of days where the snow was deep and American Robins were feeding on frozen crabapples close to home. I didn’t have to drive far to get to the crabapple trees so I spent a few minutes in the mornings photographing them when the light was bright and the snow was on the ground.<\/p>\n

Just looking at these photos of American Robins in the deep snow made me feel a few degrees cooler and I thought they might have the same effects on other people dealing with the high temps of summer too.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Robin in deep snow swallowing a crabapple \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/6400, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I can easily recall how chilly the air was when I photographed these American Robins and how I grumbled when I had to clear the snow off of my Jeep just to get to the crabapple trees but I also recall that the air in the valley was cleared by the falling snow and that it smelled wonderful and felt delicious on my bare hands.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn American Robin in deep snow with an eye on the sky \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know why looking at snowy photos makes me feel cooler during the heat of summer but I appreciate the feeling I get when I do. For me these photos are a visual reminder that summer doesn’t last forever and that cooler weather is really just around the corner.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Just looking at these photos of American Robins in the deep snow made me feel a few degrees cooler and I thought they might have the same effects on other people dealing with the high temps of summer too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147287,"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":[456,27,709,26],"tags":[2427,7425,6962,6642,5199,4050,1048,373],"class_list":["post-58989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-robins","category-avian","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-american-robin","tag-cooling-views","tag-crabapples","tag-robin","tag-robins","tag-snow","tag-turdus-migratorius","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