{"id":75029,"date":"2020-11-01T04:42:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=75029"},"modified":"2022-06-18T07:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:24:31","slug":"brewers-blackbird-males-are-colorful-in-the-right-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/01\/brewers-blackbird-males-are-colorful-in-the-right-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewer’s Blackbird Males Are Colorful In The Right Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Brewer’s Blackbird and his iridescent feathers \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In the right light Brewer’s Blackbird males are very colorful because their feathers glow with blue, green, and purple iridescence. I photographed this male last week at Glover Pond at Farmington Bay WMA when the light angle showed off the wonderful iridescent qualities of his feathers.<\/p>\n

In some light they look like plain, black birds. Just moments before I took this photo I had taken images of a male that was further away and that bird appeared to have glossy black feathers on its head and body through my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

But this male… well the iridescent colors seemed to shimmer and pop in the morning light.<\/p>\n

\"NearlyNearly head on look from a male Brewer’s Blackbird \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was only going to share one photo of the Brewer’s Blackbird this morning but I really liked the nearly head on view the bird gave me in this image. It looks like he is practicing his “Angry Bird” look while showing off his colorful feathers.<\/p>\n

I really messed up last night by falling asleep early and<\/em> I also forgot to change the time on my bedside clock. This morning I thought I was getting up just before my “normal” time and instead it was slightly before 2:30 in the morning. Ugh. This is going to be a loooong day.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

In the right light Brewer’s Blackbird males are very colorful because their feathers glow with blue, green, and purple iridescence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75023,"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":[27,420,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,970,3813,3483,4338,6303,4263,4620,5025,715,5023,7845,4062,1984,3996],"class_list":["post-75029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-brewers-blackbirds","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-blackbird","tag-blackbirds","tag-brewers-blackbird","tag-colorful","tag-euphagus-cyanocephalus","tag-fall","tag-feathers","tag-glover-pond","tag-head-on","tag-iridescent","tag-male","tag-pond","tag-water"],"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