{"id":63755,"date":"2020-02-06T05:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T12:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=63755"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:40:01","slug":"european-starling-on-a-snowy-winter-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/02\/06\/european-starling-on-a-snowy-winter-day\/","title":{"rendered":"European Starling On A Snowy Winter Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EuropeanEuropean Starling perched in a Crabapple tree \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 800, +2.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past month I have posted quite a few images that have a high key look to them. Winter’s fog and snow can have that effect when I go out to photograph birds and the weather takes a turn for the worse. Three days ago when it was snowing, blowing and there were thick clouds overhead I did go looking for birds close to home.<\/p>\n

I found the American Robins and European Starlings eating ripened crabapples to help get them through the bitter cold temps. The robins and starlings don’t seem to start feeding on the crabapples until February here in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

I didn’t take many images of the European Starlings that afternoon but that is only because the robins came in closer and the starlings seemed to stay a bit farther away.<\/p>\n

I think European Starlings look especially striking in their winter plumage. When this European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree close to me during the snowstorm I was able to get a few photos of it before my hands started to hurt from the cold.<\/p>\n

My job, if you can call what I do a job because it is actually more of an obsessive passion than work, is to photograph birds. Wild birds. That means I photograph birds of many kinds so when I have European Starlings close enough to me I will photograph them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my European Starling photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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When this European Starling perched in a Crabapple tree close to me during the snowstorm I was able to get a few photos of it before my hands started to hurt from the cold. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131945,"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":[27,249,709,26],"tags":[4897,6577,6969,8565,251,6667,7672,4050,4899,4815,4739,4500,4262,4427,373,5480],"class_list":["post-63755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-european-starlings","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-branch","tag-branches","tag-crabapple","tag-crabapple-tree","tag-european-starling","tag-fruit","tag-fruits","tag-snow","tag-snowstorm","tag-starling","tag-starlings","tag-storm","tag-sturnus-vulgaris","tag-tree","tag-winter","tag-winter-plumage"],"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