{"id":60447,"date":"2019-09-24T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=60447"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:33:34","slug":"white-faced-ibis-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/09\/24\/white-faced-ibis-on-the-wing-over-the-marsh-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis On The Wing Over The Marsh At Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis on the wing – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I took this White-faced Ibis on the wing over the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA photo last week and at first I thought the bird was too small in the frame but the more I look at it the more I like it.<\/p>\n

I like seeing the playa in the background, the warm tones of phrags behind the bird and the early morning light on the ibis itself but most of all I like how the photo connects the White-faced Ibis in flight to the habitat I see them in here in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

As numerous as this species is here in Utah White-faced Ibis populations as a whole are in decline because of loss of habitat.<\/p>\n

A large number of our White-faced Ibis will be migrating to warmer climates soon but I wouldn’t be surprised to see this species in small numbers as late as December or even in January.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I took this White-faced Ibis on the wing over the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA photo last week and at first I thought the bird was too small in the frame but the more I look at it the more I like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152163,"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":[27,1022,697,26,1372],"tags":[4004,4052,4122,3721,5148,7875,4094,4246,6384,6973,1373,2315,4095,4340],"class_list":["post-60447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","category-white-faced-ibises","tag-adult","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-ibis","tag-ibises","tag-loss-of-habitat","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-on-the-wing","tag-playa","tag-plegadis-chihi1","tag-summer-3","tag-wetlands","tag-white-faced-ibis"],"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