{"id":89429,"date":"2021-05-30T05:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T11:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=89429"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:06:50","slug":"west-desert-rock-wren-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/30\/west-desert-rock-wren-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"West Desert Rock Wren Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RockRock Wren adult in early morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been able to take more Rock Wren photos in the West Desert the last two times I have wandered out there. I have looked and listened in the area where I found and photographed a Rock Wren on the 19th of May<\/span><\/a> and that has paid off. The adult Rock Wren is still in the area and may even have a nest there.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Rock Wren perched on an old fence post \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was tickled that the Rock Wren<\/span><\/a> was perched on an old fence post in the early morning light. The fence posts are usually made from junipers and the older they get the more bleached out they become from years of being exposed to the harshness of the sun and the desert environment.<\/p>\n

\"RockRock Wren singing on a gnarly old fence post \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the 26th of May the Rock Wren sang<\/span><\/a> from the fence posts that it perched on and when it flew to the ground I wondered if I might see it again on my way down from the mountains. I didn’t.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Rock Wren singing in early morning light \u2013 Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The next morning I found the Rock Wren perched on top of a juniper in the same area singing in the early morning light. The wren didn’t stick around long but I enjoyed photographing it again on the juniper.<\/p>\n

Maybe the next time I head out that way I will see the Rock Wren again, maybe I won’t. I know that I’ll be paying attention, looking, and listening for it when I do.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I have been able to take more Rock Wren photos in the West Desert the last two times I have wandered out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111920,"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":[27,6857,358,26,1314],"tags":[4004,5180,4098,6692,898,7017,6907,3914,2691,2436,6858,4179,10452,165,2690,8917,5802,3822],"class_list":["post-89429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-rock-wrens","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-adult","tag-back-view","tag-desert","tag-early-morning-light","tag-fence-post","tag-foothills","tag-gnarly","tag-juniper","tag-juniperus-osteosperma","tag-rock-wren","tag-salpinctes-obsoletus","tag-singing-2","tag-sky-island-mountains","tag-spring","tag-utah-juniper","tag-wooden-post","tag-wren","tag-wrens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rock-wren-adult-singing-fence-post-mia-mcpherson-0954.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ngp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88353,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/20\/singing-rock-wren-in-the-west-desert\/","url_meta":{"origin":89429,"position":0},"title":"Singing Rock Wren In The West Desert","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday when I spotted a Rock Wren singing from the top of a juniper in Utah's West Desert I hoped to take a few decent photos of it before it flew away.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Rock Wren perched on a rock, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rock-wren-adult-desert-mia-mcpherson-9358.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rock-wren-adult-desert-mia-mcpherson-9358.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rock-wren-adult-desert-mia-mcpherson-9358.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rock-wren-adult-desert-mia-mcpherson-9358.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":101517,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/11\/springtime-rock-wren-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":89429,"position":1},"title":"Springtime Rock Wren Photos","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Any time I have a Rock Wren in my viewfinder is a good day for me. 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