{"id":8287,"date":"2013-05-04T03:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T09:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8287"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:00:48","slug":"bird-sampler-for-april-28-through-may-4-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/05\/04\/bird-sampler-for-april-28-through-may-4-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Sampler for April 28 through May 4, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BurrowingBurrowing Owl adult at a burrow entrance<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to share a sampler of bird images that I have taken over the past week in Davis and Box Elder Counties.<\/p>\n

I took this Burrowing Owl image two days ago. There is just something about these owls that delights me every time I see them.<\/p>\n

\"SpringtimeSpringtime Canada Goose<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada Geese are common here in northern Utah but they aren’t common every where, just ask\u00a0people in Florida. I like Canada Geese.<\/p>\n

\"KilldeerKilldeer on a rock<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the noisiest shorebirds I have ever come across are the Killdeer though this one was silent it did perched nicely on top of a rock at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area. I really like the smooth background.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Ring-necked Pheasant<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this male Ring-necked Pheasant displaying near the road that goes to the auto tour route of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. If there was another male in the area I could not see it but this pose indicates the type of territorial behavior I see when two male pheasants are getting ready to have it out.<\/p>\n

\"HundredsHundreds of (thousands) swallows at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/p>\n

The air is alive with midges and swallows at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge. I can’t tell how many of the 5 species that inhabit the refuge are in this frame but the huge numbers of swallows is very impressive.<\/p>\n

\"TurkeyTurkey Vulture in Box Elder County<\/span><\/p>\n

The Turkey Vultures came back to Utah several weeks ago but I haven’t had many opportunities to photograph them this spring. Two days ago I came across some that were warming in the early morning sunlight in Box Elder County.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure Turkey Vultures could be called beautiful but they are a fascinating species and they do clean up the environment.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Grebes in a courtship display<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw these two Western Grebes displaying and hoped that they would rush, they did but they rushed with their backs to me. I’ll keep trying to get them rushing towards me.<\/p>\n

\"WesternWestern Meadowlark stretching<\/span><\/p>\n

Western Meadowlarks are every where, singing from the tops of their perches, flitting about in a hurry, preening and stretching like this one on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n

I saw many more birds in the past week, all of them wonderful, all of them fascinating and every one a great subject to photograph.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird photos in my galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wanted to share a sampler of bird images that I have taken over the past week in Davis and Box Elder Counties. 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