{"id":62276,"date":"2020-01-01T07:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=62276"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T21:36:23","slug":"a-wintry-start-to-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/01\/01\/a-wintry-start-to-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintry Start To 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JanuaryJanuary 1, 2020 weather map<\/span><\/p>\n

So… 2020 has arrived and for me here in northern Utah that has brought gray skies, falling snow, low light, plenty of clouds and wintry weather. There isn’t as much snow on the ground as I thought I would wake up to but it appears to be falling more steadily now.<\/p>\n

I hope to be able to get out sometime today to find and photograph birds even if that means just heading to the local ponds for a few minutes or checking out the crabapple trees that are close to home for American Robins, Cedar Waxwings and woodpeckers.<\/p>\n

\"CanadaCanada Goose in a snowstorm \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 640, +1.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I simply enjoy starting off a new year doing what I love and what I am passionate about even when the weather isn’t the best.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/p>\n

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

So… 2020 has arrived and for me here in northern Utah that has brought gray skies, falling snow, low light, plenty of clouds and wintry weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62272,"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":[27,28,709,26],"tags":[4004,32,4774,713,4775,4050,4509,4899,10778,8018,4813,373,5499],"class_list":["post-62276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-canada-geese","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-canada-geese","tag-geese","tag-goose","tag-snow","tag-snow-storm","tag-snowstorm","tag-start","tag-urban","tag-whiteout","tag-winter","tag-wintry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/January-1-2020-weather-map.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-gcs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119607,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/11\/wintry-wasatch-mountain-peaks\/","url_meta":{"origin":62276,"position":0},"title":"Wintry Wasatch Mountain Peaks","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday afternoon, I drove down to my local pond, hoping that I could see the snowy Wasatch Mountain peaks through the clouds. 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