{"id":62262,"date":"2019-12-30T06:32:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=62262"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:54:01","slug":"2019-is-nearing-its-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/12\/30\/2019-is-nearing-its-end\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Is Nearing Its End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-148450 size-full\" title=\"Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird about to land, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684.jpg\" alt=\"Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird about to land, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-putting-on-brakes-mia-mcpherson-9684.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird about to land \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2019 is nearing its end and I&#8217;ve been going back through the photos that I&#8217;ve taken this year. Wow, what a year it has been for my bird photography and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had fun and frustrations in addition to successes and failures and along the way learned more about my subjects and myself.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good especially since I really love what I do.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>To view more of my Broad-tailed Hummingbird photos plus facts and information about this species click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/broad-tailed-hummingbird-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 is nearing its end and I&#8217;ve been going back through the photos that I&#8217;ve taken this year. 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