{"id":104256,"date":"2022-07-15T04:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=104256"},"modified":"2022-11-10T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:44:39","slug":"least-chipmunk-in-a-ravine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/15\/least-chipmunk-in-a-ravine\/","title":{"rendered":"Least Chipmunk In A Ravine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LeastLeast Chipmunk eating in a ravine \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time I was in the field I spotted a Least Chipmunk eating in a small ravine next to a road high in the Wasatch Mountains. For about 5 minutes all of my focus was on the tiny chipmunk.<\/p>\n

The small ravine is a great spot for wildflowers including Parsnipflower Buckwheat which is in bloom right now. I kept hoping that the Least Chipmunk would move to where the buckwheat was blooming so I could get photos of it in the wildflowers. That didn’t happen.<\/p>\n

This spring and summer I have not seen as many Least Chipmunks as I have in previous years. I don’t know why. Maybe the drought and reduced berry production of the shrubs and trees last year has had a negative effect on these chipmunks.<\/p>\n

It won’t be long before the serviceberries ripen and perhaps I will see more chipmunks then. They seem to enjoy noshing on the wild serviceberries as much as they do the seeds of thistles.<\/p>\n

I was delighted to have this chipmunk in my view for as long as I did because of their scarcity this year.<\/p>\n

By the time I photographed this Least Chipmunk<\/span><\/a> the sun was already getting high and the temps were rising. Not long after I took this photo I turned my Jeep around to head down into the Salt Lake Valley and home.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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