{"id":7617,"date":"2013-02-23T05:34:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2024-09-22T04:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T09:21:18","slug":"high-key-ring-necked-pheasant-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/02\/23\/high-key-ring-necked-pheasant-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"High key Ring-necked Pheasant hen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-134905 size-full\" title=\"Ring-necked Pheasant hen walking through deep snow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137.jpg\" alt=\"Ring-necked Pheasant hen walking through deep snow at Farmington Bay WMA in Davis County, Utah\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27523%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20523%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27523%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-250x163.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-400x262.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ring-necked-pheasant-hen-mia-mcpherson-5137.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Ring-necked Pheasant hen &#8211; Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, not baited <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just a simple high key image of a hen Ring-necked Pheasant this morning that was taken in January at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utahbirds.org\/counties\/davis\/FarmingtonBay.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a> in Davis County, Utah. The heavy layer of snow had made it difficult for the pheasants to forage and\u00a0due to\u00a0that they were out in the open more than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the amount of snow we have had here this winter in the Salt Lake Valley I have been able to take lots of high key images of birds and animals but I am looking forward to seeing some green now!<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/ring-necked-pheasant-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Ring-necked Pheasant photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a simple high key image of a hen Ring-necked Pheasant this morning that was taken in January at Farmington Bay WMA in Davis County, 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