{"id":18452,"date":"2015-01-05T06:25:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T13:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=18452"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:24:20","slug":"missing-antelope-islands-chukars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/01\/05\/missing-antelope-islands-chukars\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Antelope Island’s Chukars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChukarChukar in falling snow<\/span><\/p>\n

Except for one fleeting glance of a Chukar at the end of November I have not seen Chukars on Antelope Island for several months. Typically I see them all year long and they really stand out after a snow like the Chukar in the image above photographed in January of 2013.<\/p>\n

The Chukars might be on the west side of the island which isn’t accessible by vehicle. Chukars aren’t migratory birds but they do wander around the island.<\/p>\n

I also hope that the Chukars haven’t gotten the West Nile Virus that killed so many Bald Eagles last winter here in Utah.<\/p>\n

Their absence is puzzling and I find myself missing the Antelope Island’s Chukars.<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> According to one of my dear friends, there have been Chukars<\/span><\/a> by the visitor center and higher up on hillsides.<\/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":"

Except for one fleeting glance of a Chukar at the end of November I have not seen Chukars on Antelope Island for several months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165303,"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],"tags":[4004,4146,4021,445,4773,11978,4050,4328,401,373],"class_list":["post-18452","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","tag-adult","tag-alectoris-chukar","tag-bird-photography","tag-chukar","tag-chukars","tag-desert-island","tag-snow","tag-snowy","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-winter"],"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