{"id":6622,"date":"2012-11-21T03:55:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6622"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:27:21","slug":"at-the-edge-of-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/21\/at-the-edge-of-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Edge of a Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowSnow storm approaching Antelope Island – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/3200, ISO 400, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 18mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Sunday I photographed and posted a Prairie Falcon with a Northern Shoveler<\/span><\/a> as prey and the next day I posted a Loggerhead Shrike<\/a><\/span> taken on the same day. Today I wanted to share images that were taken before the falcon and shrike. I mentioned that there had been low light, falling snow and that the weather conditions before photographing the Loggerhead Shrike and Prairie Falcon weren’t great.<\/p>\n

This image was taken eleven minutes before the Loggerhead Shrike photo and about an hour before the first image of the Prairie Falcon was taken. There was a squall line coming in dumping snow on the Great Salt Lake that was heading northeast, in that tiny path of blue on the right side near the slope of Buffalo Point some distant mountains can be seen. Pretty ominous looking scenery.<\/p>\n

\"PairCommon Ravens in a storm – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/400, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Within the same minute that I took the image above I created this image of two Common Ravens with the storm cloud behind them.<\/p>\n

Not the best weather conditions for photography but it can create very moody images.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I mentioned that there had been low light, falling snow and that the weather conditions before photographing the Loggerhead Shrike and Prairie Falcon weren’t great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,219,26],"tags":[4021,4083,1544,4257,4517,3981,11978,191,4035,2139,4751,2732,344,4509,1982,4032,373],"class_list":["post-6622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-common-ravens","category-utah","tag-bird-photography","tag-birding","tag-common-raven","tag-corvus-corax","tag-dark-clouds","tag-davis-county","tag-desert-island","tag-landscapes","tag-nature-photography","tag-pair","tag-raven","tag-ravens","tag-scenery","tag-snow-storm","tag-stormy-weather","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/antelope-island-snow-storm-mia-mcpherson-3546.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1IO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110215,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/14\/common-ravens-valentines-day-love-birds\/","url_meta":{"origin":6622,"position":0},"title":"Common Ravens – Valentine’s Day Love Birds","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"If you don't know much about Common Ravens you might wonder why I selected them to be the featured love birds on this Valentine's Day.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pair of Common Ravens on the edge of a snow storm, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-edge-of-storm-mia-mcpherson-7879.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-edge-of-storm-mia-mcpherson-7879.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-edge-of-storm-mia-mcpherson-7879.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/common-ravens-edge-of-storm-mia-mcpherson-7879.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3907,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/12\/28\/more-prairie-falcon-fun-this-time-with-prey\/","url_meta":{"origin":6622,"position":1},"title":"More Prairie Falcon Fun ~ This time with prey","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week while out photographing I spotted a Prairie Falcon in the midst of a tussle with two Common Ravens in mid air. 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