{"id":14438,"date":"2014-02-24T05:21:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T11:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:32:02","slug":"spring-chukar-on-antelope-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/24\/spring-chukar-on-antelope-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Chukar on Antelope Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SpringSpring Chukar on Antelope Island – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 357mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time I\u00a0went to\u00a0Antelope Island State Park I noticed that the Chukars were more visible than they have been for awhile and I also noticed a tiny wildflower called Redstem Filaree<\/a><\/span> starting to green up.<\/p>\n

In this image you can see the tiny flowers of the Redstem Filaree mixed in the grasses around the Chukar’s feet. Filaree can bloom from February through July so I guess with the warm spring-like weather we have been having I should be looking for the tiny flowers.<\/p>\n

Very soon the Chukars will start their mating displays and the males will be fighting and acting territorial<\/a><\/span> and not long after that little puffball chicks will be running after the adults.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The last time I went to Antelope Island State Park I noticed that the Chukars were more visible than they have been for awhile and I also noticed a tiny wildflower called Redstem Filaree starting to green up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,442,1022,26,5347],"tags":[4004,4146,4021,445,4773,11978,2475,2208,165,401,4307],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-chukars","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-wildflowers","tag-adult","tag-alectoris-chukar","tag-bird-photography","tag-chukar","tag-chukars","tag-desert-island","tag-erodium-cicutarium","tag-redstem-filaree","tag-spring","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t