Pronghorn Antelope

Antelope Island Pronghorn Buck Sniffing The Wind

By |2021-03-19T05:41:22-06:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I always enjoy taking photos of the pronghorns on Antelope Island State Park and appreciate the fact that they are approachable and far less skittish than the pronghorn I have encountered in quite a few other locations.

Pronghorn Doe With Her Fawn

By |2017-04-04T14:06:09-06:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Pronghorn, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Seeing this Pronghorn doe with her fawn three mornings ago brought joy to me and photographing the fawn while it nursed and ran around getting the feel of its long legs made me happy.

Horn sheath growth in Pronghorns

By |2023-04-06T02:38:23-06:00December 10th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Pronghorns' unique horns shed the sheath yearly, making their horn sheath growth an interesting subject as they are the only ungulate with this characteristic.

Pronghorn Fawns Cause Me Cuteness Overload

By |2021-01-17T13:11:07-07:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can't resist Pronghorn fawns, well maybe I can, but I don't want to and won't! I saw three fawns close together yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and they put me into cuteness overload.

Pronghorn buck in winter

By |2023-11-01T06:53:19-06:00February 7th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been quite some time since I have photographed Pronghorn on Antelope Island State Park because it seems that the Pronghorn have kept mostly to the west and south sides of the island this winter.

Springtime Pronghorns on Antelope Island

By |2022-12-16T10:25:58-07:00April 1st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

These Pronghorn images were taken a few years ago during the spring and I thought I would share them this morning partly because the yellow flowers in these images; Gray's Biscuitroot, have just started to bloom this year.

Birds and Mammals from the past week

By |2021-02-14T11:53:34-07:00November 7th, 2012|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Coyotes, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Horned Owls, Horned Larks, Pronghorn, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just a few images from this past week.

Birds, Beasts and Bits About Me – My 500th Blog Post

By |2020-01-25T06:23:25-07:00October 4th, 2012|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Coyotes, Dunlins, Florida, Laughing Gulls, Little Blue Herons, Loggerhead Shrikes, Pronghorn, Reddish Egrets, Roseate Spoonbills, Sanderlings, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Wow, this is my 500th blog post and it has been great fun to share my images and the stories behind them. I thought I'd share a few images and bits about my thoughts on photography.

The Pronghorn are in rut on Antelope Island SP

By |2022-03-24T04:37:01-06:00September 21st, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Early last week I thought that the Pronghorn bucks on Antelope Island State Park might be in rut, later in the week a buck's behavior confirmed that they are.

Pronghorn doe in Spring

By |2024-02-21T03:20:59-07:00March 17th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Outside my window the winds are howling this morning and there is a thick layer of gray clouds hanging low in the sky. It isn't a good day to be out in the field so I have been going through my image archives and pulled out two images of a Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) doe from last spring to post.

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

By |2022-02-25T15:46:05-07:00February 9th, 2012|Categories: Bighorn Sheep, Birds, Daggett County, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Golden Eagles, Mule Deer, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Last September I visited Flaming Gorge National Recreation area for the first time. Wow, nature never ceases to delight and amaze me.

Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island State Park – The Wildlife

By |2020-05-05T11:54:54-06:00January 24th, 2012|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, Brine Flies, Coyotes, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Mule Deer, North American Porcupines, Pronghorn, Utah, Western Spotted Orbweaver, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is part 2 of my three part series on Wild and Wonderful Antelope Island State Park and it covers some of the wildlife that can be found howling, grazing, buzzing and posing for my camera.

Antelope Island Pronghorn Buck Portrait

By |2022-12-16T10:18:09-07:00October 30th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Portraits, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I used to dream about getting images like this one of Pronghorns when all I had was a simple Point & Shoot camera and I could never get close enough to the pronghorns to achieve my dreams. Now I can.

Buck Pronghorn with Oddly Misshapened Horns

By |2020-05-15T19:35:15-06:00October 8th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This October 3rd I spotted this pronghorn for the third or fourth time in this past year only this time I had good light, the buck wasn't far away and because it is rut season he was only paying attention to the does and other bucks in the area.

Pronghorns

By |2022-12-03T08:56:10-07:00September 7th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Pronghorns are North America's fastest mammal, they can attain speeds of more than 40 miles per hour, with spurts to 70 mph and can out run almost all of their predators.

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