{"id":76259,"date":"2020-12-18T05:56:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=76259"},"modified":"2024-02-13T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T20:04:29","slug":"canada-geese-on-the-wing-in-front-of-the-snowy-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/12\/18\/canada-geese-on-the-wing-in-front-of-the-snowy-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Geese On The Wing In Front Of The Snowy Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PairPair of Canada Geese on the wing in winter \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I love to photograph birds on the wing. It doesn’t matter if my subject is as small as a hummingbird, as large as an eagle, as slow as a gliding pelican, or as fast as a stooping falcon as long as it is a bird. On the wing every bird is majestic. At least that is what I believe.<\/p>\n

During the winter I have plenty of opportunities to photograph geese and ducks on the wing close to home at my local pond and quite often that means I have the snow covered Wasatch Mountains in the background. I love those snowy mountains because they make for great backgrounds so it is a win-win situation for me.<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Canada Geese on the wing \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost one year ago I had a pair of Canada Geese on the wing in front of the snow covered Wasatch Mountains in my viewfinder for a few seconds. I was glad to get them both in focus for a few frames as they circled around to land on the pond. These two geese on the wing brought me joy. It’s as simple as that for me to be happy.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I love to photograph birds on the wing. It doesn’t matter if my subject is as small as a hummingbird, as large as an eagle, as slow as a gliding pelican, or as fast as a stooping falcon as long as it is a bird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121011,"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":[27,28,709,26],"tags":[4004,32,4774,4052,4122,713,4775,4069,6384,2139,4050,4093,4328,8018,4176,2063,373],"class_list":["post-76259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-canada-geese","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-canada-geese","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-geese","tag-goose","tag-mountains","tag-on-the-wing","tag-pair","tag-snow","tag-snow-covered","tag-snowy","tag-urban","tag-wasatch-mountains","tag-waterfowl","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-snow-wasatch-mountains-mia-mcpherson-5427.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-jPZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63163,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/01\/23\/canada-goose-on-the-wing-and-the-snowy-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":76259,"position":0},"title":"Canada Goose On The Wing And The Snowy Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I've grown to love and appreciate the mountain views I have here in Utah. 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