{"id":93187,"date":"2021-08-11T05:31:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=93187"},"modified":"2024-08-18T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T09:31:00","slug":"bank-swallow-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/08\/11\/bank-swallow-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Swallow At Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BankBank Swallow perched on a rush \u2013 Nikon D200, f\/6.3, 1\/500, ISO 250, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Bank Swallow photo feels like I took it a lifetime ago. It was taken on July 30, 2009 at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> shortly after I moved to Utah. I’d only been in the state a little over two weeks by the time I photographed this swallow.<\/p>\n

Since I was a new arrival I was busy pouring through all of my bird guides studying all the birds I might possibly see in my newly adopted state so I would know them by sight. I also marveled at finding birds I was familiar with from photographing them in Florida is different habitats here than where I found them there.<\/p>\n

This Bank Swallow was a lifer for me but at that time I wasn’t writing about birds here on my site so that milestone went unnoticed by everyone except me. I know I had seen Bank Swallows before that date in July of 2009. I count birds as lifers only<\/em> when I get a photo of them. Sometimes it is a poor photo although in this case I liked the images that I took of this bird.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned so much about the birds in Utah in the twelve years I have been here. I know where to look for them, how to identify them by sight and sound, what they eat, when they nest, when they migrate, and how to approach them to get the photos I want.<\/p>\n

But here is the thing. I have very few photos of Banks Swallows and I want more of them so I recognize that I will have to make changes in order to get the photos of this species that I desire. It is as simple as that.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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