{"id":91181,"date":"2021-06-28T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=91181"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:56:20","slug":"male-mourning-dove-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/06\/28\/male-mourning-dove-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Mourning Dove in the Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Mourning Dove in the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple photo of a male Mourning Dove perched on an old wooden fence rail high in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> this morning. I took this photo earlier this month while traveling through a canyon in the mountains that are east of where I live in Salt Lake City. There were two Mourning Doves perched on the fence railing, I liked the images I took of this male dove the best because of the light angle.<\/p>\n

I hear<\/span><\/a> and see Mourning Doves calling often at home but I prefer photographing them where I find them in wilder areas.<\/p>\n

I know that this Mourning Dove is a male because he has a bluish gray cap with a rosy tint on his face, breast, and neck.<\/p>\n

Shortly after I took this photo the male Mourning Dove took flight. The other dove soon flew after him. I would have liked to have taken more images of the male dove, especially if they had shown his tail, but a bird has got to do what a bird has got to do.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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