{"id":17820,"date":"2014-12-18T19:27:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T02:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=17820"},"modified":"2024-10-19T18:12:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T23:12:33","slug":"summer-memories-of-greater-sage-grouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/12\/18\/summer-memories-of-greater-sage-grouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Memories of Greater Sage-Grouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going back through some of the images I took this past summer and came across this photo of a Greater Sage-Grouse I photographed in July.<\/p>\n

\"GreaterGreater Sage-Grouse in Montana – Nikon D7100, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding the Greater Sage-Grouse can be difficult because they can blend into their habitat so well but the flock I photographed were close to the road and out where they were visible. It was even easy for me to point the hen out.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate to see Greater Sage-Grouse several times last summer in the Centennial Valley of Montana and in Clark County, Idaho<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even when I am not aiming my lens at these large grouse I am enchanted by their shape, plumage, and the habitat they live in. I hope that one day I will be able to visit a lek while they are displaying. I need to put that on my bucket list.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was going back through some of the images I took this past summer and came across this photo of a Greater Sage-Grouse I photographed in July. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,27,223,2319,12],"tags":[4004,2320,4556,3492,683,2817,4789,4147,5434],"class_list":["post-17820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-greater-sage-grouse","category-montana","tag-adult","tag-centrocercus-urophasianus","tag-greater-sage-grouse","tag-grouse","tag-habitat-2","tag-sage","tag-sage-grouse","tag-upland-game-bird","tag-valley"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/greater-sage-grouse-mia-mcpherson-2604.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-4Dq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9140,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/08\/08\/greater-sage-grouse-of-beaverhead-county-montana\/","url_meta":{"origin":17820,"position":0},"title":"Greater Sage-Grouse Of Beaverhead County, Montana","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw and photographed my first Greater Sage-Grouse this summer in Beaverhead County, Montana while traveling through the Centennial Valley. 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