{"id":96929,"date":"2021-11-04T05:39:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=96929"},"modified":"2021-11-04T05:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:48:15","slug":"three-canada-geese-on-an-autumn-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/11\/04\/three-canada-geese-on-an-autumn-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Canada Geese On An Autumn Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThreeThree Canada Geese lifting off from Glover Pond \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I photographed three Canada Geese lifting off from Glover Pond at Farmington Bay and it brought memories from November of 2008. I was still living in Florida at the time but had just made a trip to Utah to photograph birds. The first Canada Geese I ever photographed<\/span><\/a> were taken at Glover Pond. Canada Geese were hard to find in Florida and I was just as thrilled to take photos of the geese that day as I was any of the birds I photographed on that trip.<\/p>\n

I still get a thrill out of photographing Canada Geese despite how abundant they are here in northern Utah and many other areas of the country. Why?<\/p>\n

Because they are birds.<\/p>\n

After I moved to Utah in 2009 I was delighted to frequently have these geese in my viewfinder and I still am.<\/p>\n

\"ThreeThree Canada Geese flying away from Glover Pond \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who has ever observed Canada Geese can look at my photos and they can hear the wings of these geese flapping and the sounds of their flight calls<\/span><\/a> as they lift off in their minds. I know I can. Canada Geese can be loud when they are taking off and I love hearing that sound.<\/p>\n

Canada Geese might be considered common, sometimes even annoying, but they are birds and I’m just as passionate about photographing them as I am any other birds. They are beautiful.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Last week I photographed three Canada Geese lifting off from Glover Pond at Farmington Bay and it brought memories from November of 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96922,"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":[27,28,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,970,32,4343,4620,4052,4122,713,715,4775,3747,4109,4282,4944,1984,3792,5428,11718,3996,2063,4095],"class_list":["post-96929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-canada-geese","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-canada-goose","tag-fall","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-geese","tag-glover-pond","tag-goose","tag-grass","tag-grasses","tag-lift-off","tag-lifting-off","tag-pond","tag-take-off","tag-taking-off","tag-teasels","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/canada-geese-glover-pond-lift-off-mia-mcpherson-2045.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-pdn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":163,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/08\/15\/the-sounds-of-fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":96929,"position":0},"title":"The Sounds of Fall","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I can hear Canada Geese overhead after a hot summer when I have heard few. 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