{"id":66161,"date":"2020-03-04T12:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=66161"},"modified":"2025-10-31T05:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:53:20","slug":"adult-male-red-winged-blackbird-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/03\/04\/adult-male-red-winged-blackbird-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Male Red-winged Blackbird Take Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MarchMarch morning at the marsh of Bear River MBR – Nikon D810, f11, 1\/2500, ISO 800, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 48mm, natural light
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Sorry for the late post today, my server was having major issues this morning and I decided since I couldn’t fix it myself like I used to do I may as well pack up my Jeep and head out into the field this morning. I saw no sense in missing the best light of the day or the birds I wanted to see.<\/p>\n

I was able to notify my Facebook friends that my post was going to be late but I couldn’t notify anyone else.<\/p>\n

It was quiet on the marsh except for the calls of hundreds of birds and my tires crunching on the road. I could hear the Tundra Swans calling but they were too far away to photograph. I heard and saw loads of other birds calling too.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Red-winged Blackbird taking off – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m going to try to keep this post short so I can get it published. I could write a book about how lovely it felt to be out on the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> with the birds this morning and how I thought to myself that I could easily live out there with them. It was so peaceful.<\/p>\n

I took this photo of an adult male Red-winged Blackbird taking off this morning with the distant snow covered Promontory Mountains in the background.<\/p>\n

He had been singing and displaying prior to lifting off and I think I have some nice photos of him doing that. I haven’t even looked yet! The morning light still had a touch of gold to it when I photographed him and that shows in his raised wing.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good even when it throws you a curve ball first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I took this photo of an adult male Red-winged Blackbird taking off this morning with the distant snow covered Promontory Mountains in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145852,"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":[124,27,1148,419,26],"tags":[4004,4151,3813,3483,4282,4062,4094,4069,6428,4528,4324,4093,4328,3792,5428],"class_list":["post-66161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-red-winged-blackbirds","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-agelaius-phoeniceus","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-lift-off","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-phrags","tag-promontory-mountains","tag-red-winged-blackbird","tag-snow-covered","tag-snowy","tag-take-off","tag-taking-off"],"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