{"id":64254,"date":"2020-02-13T05:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=64254"},"modified":"2024-11-24T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:01:00","slug":"herring-gulls-at-farmington-bay-wma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/02\/13\/herring-gulls-at-farmington-bay-wma\/","title":{"rendered":"American Herring Gulls At Farmington Bay WMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t spent much time photographing birds at Farmington Bay WMA this winter but during the time I have been there I haven’t seen a single American Herring Gull and that is disappointing to me.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Herring Gull walking in mud – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I like gulls. I love to photograph gulls. I enjoy watching gulls in flight, on the ground, and fighting over food. I just do. I’m proud to be a gull enthusiast. To me they are as fascinating as any other bird on this planet.<\/p>\n

Two winters ago I was able to photograph American Herring Gulls at Farmington Bay and I had fun while I was doing it. The water level in the units had been dropped to kill invasive Asian Carp and there were gulls everywhere.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Herring Gull standing on a dead carp – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Among our regular California and Ring-billed Gulls I looked for American Herring Gulls to photograph. They stand out because they are large, much larger than the Ring-billed Gulls and unlike the large, dark-eyed California Gulls, American Herring Gulls have light colored eyes.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Herring Gulls at Farmington Bay – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I can photograph California and Ring-bulled in northern Utah year round but I am only able to take photos of American Herring Gulls during the winter here which is why I will photograph them before our resident gulls when given the chance.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Herring Gull in morning light – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This winter I have seen American Herring Gulls on the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and have taken photos of them there. It won’t be long before the American Herring Gulls leave northern Utah and I am really hoping I get a few more opportunities to photograph them before they go.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I like gulls. I love to photograph gulls. I enjoy watching gulls in flight, on the ground, and fighting over food. I just do. I’m proud to be a gull enthusiast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133997,"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":[1299,27,1022,697,26],"tags":[1589,6373,6360,3981,4432,3539,521,4317,4094,4099,2213,953,4236,3996,373],"class_list":["post-64254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herring-gulls","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-herring-gull","tag-asian-carp","tag-carp","tag-davis-county","tag-fish","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-larus-smithsonianus","tag-marsh","tag-morning-light","tag-mud","tag-standing","tag-walking","tag-water","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/herring-gull-mud-carp-mia-mcpherson-1247.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-gIm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119542,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/06\/herring-gull-in-flight-close-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":64254,"position":0},"title":"American Herring Gull In Flight Close Up","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Three years ago today, I drove the auto tour loop at Bear River MBR alone. 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