{"id":8842,"date":"2013-07-10T03:45:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8842"},"modified":"2025-10-13T06:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:59:48","slug":"four-wonderful-years-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/07\/10\/four-wonderful-years-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Wonderful Years In Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-160038 size-full\" title=\"Burrowing Owl juvenile on the Antelope Island causeway, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621.jpg\" alt=\"Burrowing Owl juvenile on the Antelope Island causeway, Utah\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"13941\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/burrowing-owl-juvenile-antelope-mia-mcpherson-0621.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Burrowing Owl juvenile on the Antelope Island causeway<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four years ago today I woke up in Grand Island, Nebraska and drove west to arrive in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salt_Lake_City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Salt Lake City<\/span><\/a>, Utah with my possessions in a U-Haul trailer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been to Salt Lake before and knew that it would be a wonderful location for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/about\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bird photographer<\/span><\/a> to settle down. I&#8217;m glad I made the move, Utah has been great for me and for my photography.<\/p>\n<p>Stunning scenery, plenty of birds, four seasons. I couldn&#8217;t ask for more after four wonderful years in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Life is good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/burrowing-owl-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Burrowing Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago today I woke up in Grand Island, Nebraska and drove west to arrive in Salt Lake City, Utah with my possessions in a U-Haul 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