{"id":96239,"date":"2021-10-14T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=96239"},"modified":"2021-10-14T06:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T12:47:43","slug":"snow-dusted-views-of-utahs-west-desert-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/10\/14\/snow-dusted-views-of-utahs-west-desert-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Dusted Views Of Utah’s West Desert Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DustingDusting of snow on Utah’s West Desert mountains – Samsung cell phone photo
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw snow on Utah’s West Desert mountains for the first time since late spring so I thought I’d share a few views of what I saw while out there yesterday morning. It was a visual delight to see a dusting of snow on the peaks, trees, ground, and shrubs. The sky was a clear, bright blue with a few thin clouds scattered here and there. In fact the sky was so clear that I almost forgot how smoky it had been for months and months due our western wildfires.<\/p>\n

\"SnowySnowy scene in Utah’s West Desert mountains – Samsung cell phone photo<\/span><\/p>\n

I sent this image to one of my oldest and dearest friends yesterday and his reply was “God this picture is beautiful!” and I thought so too so now this image is my cell phone wall paper and lock screen. I change those out about once a month using landscape photos I have taken in Utah to remind me of the beauty I see when I can’t get out into the field.<\/p>\n

\"WestWest Desert mountains after an autumn snow fall – Samsung cell phone photo<\/span><\/p>\n

And I do see the stunning beauty of my adopted state of Utah whenever I go out into the field. I try not to take the views I see for granted even though when I am in the field my primary goal is to find birds in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

There weren’t many birds around yesterday but I did find an American Robin perched on a juniper. I found and heard several Townsend’s Solitaires and photographed one. I spotted long distance hawks, quite a few White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos plus a late migrating flycatcher whose identity I have yet to determine. I also heard but never saw what sounded like a flock of Clark’s Nutcrackers.<\/p>\n

\"DouglasDouglas Fir cone with snow and ice – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/4000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

What I didn’t hear and had expected to tickle my ear drums was the calls of Red-breasted Nuthatches that I thought would be feeding on the seeds of the Douglas Firs<\/span><\/a>. In the field I was a bit alarmed that I didn’t hear them. Once I got back home and looked at the photos I had taken of the Douglas Fir cones I realized that the fir cones there have not opened enough yet for the nuthatches to tug the seeds out.<\/p>\n

All is good, the cones will open soon and I should hear the nuthatches in the area. That is if the gates don’t close before then.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

P.S., I saw a low of 29\u00b0F yesterday morning, the lowest temp I have seen so far this fall.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my photos of Utah’s West Desert. Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw snow on Utah’s West Desert mountains for the first time since late spring so I thought I’d share a few views of what I saw while out there yesterday 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