{"id":86332,"date":"2021-04-29T05:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=86332"},"modified":"2024-02-22T03:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:53:33","slug":"drake-northern-shoveler-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/04\/29\/drake-northern-shoveler-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Northern Shoveler In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DrakeDrake Northern Shoveler in flight \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It isn’t easy to photograph some birds on the wing so I was thrilled yesterday to photograph a drake Northern Shoveler in flight. I was on the south side of the auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> photographing a pair of Clark’s Grebes when I saw the shoveler swimming\u00a0 on the water. I know that these ducks are very skittish and that this one might take off. I focused on him through my viewfinder and when he took flight I was ready.<\/p>\n

Northern Shovelers, like many other ducks, take off fast, fly fast and they are a challenge to track and photograph in flight. I was happy to see that the drake was sharp and in focus in most of my photos. I liked his wing position in this image.<\/p>\n

\"NorthernNorthern Shoveler drake in flight \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In this photo I liked the view of his plumage patterns on his back. Not long after I took this photo the drake Northern Shoveler flew over the marsh vegetation and out of my sight.<\/p>\n

I also photographed a Cinnamon Teal on the wing yesterday morning. I’ll share those photos on another day.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

It isn’t easy to photograph some birds on the wing so I was thrilled yesterday to photograph a drake Northern Shoveler in flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121740,"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":[124,27,1148,429,26],"tags":[4053,6330,4717,4483,1129,126,4052,4122,4062,4094,1137,6968,4903,975,4095],"class_list":["post-86332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-northern-shovelers","category-utah","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-dabbling-duck","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-northern-shoveler","tag-shoveler","tag-shovelers","tag-spatula-clypeata","tag-wetlands"],"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