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\"AdultAdult Uinta Ground Squirrel with a very muddy nose \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This morning I’m sharing some adult Uinta Ground Squirrel photos that were taken high in the Wasatch Mountains over the past month that I like a lot. Early in June I met up with my friend Steve<\/span><\/a> to photograph birds and whatever else we found. Steve enjoyed photographing these Uinta Ground Squirrels.<\/p>\n

This photo of the first one we photographed together cracked me up because it had such a muddy nose.<\/p>\n

\"UintaUinta Ground Squirrel with a silky green background \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe Steve said something like “I could photograph the squirrels all day and be happy” or something to that effect. I agree with Steve. I love photographing these fuzzy ground squirrels.<\/p>\n

I showed Steve an area where if you drive on the far right side of the dirt road you can get photos of the squirrels with silky green backgrounds in spring.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Uinta Ground Squirrel standing at attention \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The out of focus background is a long way across a small valley and the fresh spring grasses can create wonderful backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Spring doesn’t last long around here and just a few weeks later those grasses had started to dry up and turn brown.<\/p>\n

\"UintaUinta Ground Squirrel on a gnarly old stump \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Having sagebrush behind the ground squirrels can create an entirely different colored but still smooth background if the sage is far enough away. It was in for this photo of a Uinta Ground Squirrel on a gnarly old stump. The sage still hadn’t completely leafed out when I took this photo. If I took an image there now it would be greener. Silvery green because it is sage.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait in spring \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Steve and myself spent a lot of time focused on the baby Uinta Ground Squirrels because, well, they are so cute but we stopped for the adults too. This was one of the last adults I photographed that trip up into the mountains.<\/p>\n

\"UintaUinta Ground Squirrel nibbling on spring grasses \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in June on a solo trip into the mountains I stopped to take images of this adult ground squirrel because I liked the setting and the fact that the squirrel was nibbling on spring grasses.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Uinta Ground Squirrel on an old sagebrush stump \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of June I spotted this adult Uinta Ground Squirrel perched on an old sagebrush stump and I loved how well the squirrel stood out from the distant grasses in the background.<\/p>\n

I’m seeing fewer Uinta Ground Squirrels now than I was seeing just a few weeks ago. It won’t be long before only the young squirrels born this spring will be above ground. The adults head underground before they do. I always miss these squirrels after they head into their burrows until the next spring.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This morning I’m sharing some adult Uinta Ground Squirrel photos that were taken high in the Wasatch Mountains over the past month that I like a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103807,"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":[1731,1630,26,773],"tags":[4004,6880,211,3940,4142,4286,6907,3747,4109,5742,1631,5071,1632,4069,5157,3748,9885,4046,4057,13022,165,3826,3827,953,5113,2315,2619,2620],"class_list":["post-103822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summit-county-utah","category-uinta-ground-squirrel","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-attention","tag-background","tag-canyon","tag-close-up","tag-eating","tag-gnarly","tag-grass","tag-grasses","tag-green","tag-ground-squirrel","tag-ground-squirrels","tag-mammals","tag-mountains","tag-muddy","tag-nibbling","tag-nose","tag-portrait","tag-sagebrush","tag-silky","tag-spring","tag-squirrel","tag-squirrels","tag-standing","tag-stump","tag-summer-3","tag-uinta-ground-squirrel-2","tag-urocitellus-armatus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/uinta-ground-squirrel-adult-sagebrush-stump-mia-mcpherson-2147.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-r0y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70118,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/05\/20\/baby-uinta-ground-squirrels-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":103822,"position":0},"title":"Baby Uinta Ground Squirrels In The Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Seeing the baby ground squirrels brought a smile to my face and I must admit that my heart skipped a beat. 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