{"id":21079,"date":"2015-03-28T04:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=21079"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:00:31","slug":"travelogue-day-3-greater-sage-grouse-and-white-tailed-prairie-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/03\/28\/travelogue-day-3-greater-sage-grouse-and-white-tailed-prairie-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Sage-Grouse and White-tailed Prairie Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreaterGreater Sage-Grouse on a high sagebrush steppe<\/span><\/p>\n

Well yesterday morning was exciting because of finding several Greater Sage-Grouse<\/span><\/a> flocks on a high sagebrush steppe. A couple of times they flushed before I saw them and the sound they made when taking off almost scared my jeans off of me.<\/p>\n

They are such big birds but they blend right into their habitat quite easily. I hope to see and photograph more of them before heading home.<\/p>\n

Editing on my laptop is a royal pain because I can’t detect softness or sharpness on it like I can on my desktop. If these images look awful please let me know!<\/p>\n

\"CallingCalling White-tailed Prairie Dogs<\/span><\/p>\n

I was thrilled beyond thrilled to take images of several White-tailed Prairie Dogs<\/span><\/a> up on the high sagebrush steppe not far from the Greater Sage-Grouse because the prairie dogs are lifers for me.<\/p>\n

Even though I have seen these cuties before I had never photographed them.\u00a0 I only count birds and animals as lifers when I take photos of them, no matter how bad they are.<\/p>\n

Watching and photographing the prairie dogs was a great time for me. I took several hundred images of these guys.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what today will bring but I say… bring it on!<\/p>\n

Life is 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

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

Greater Sage-Grouse and White-tailed Prairie Dogs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164740,"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":[27,2319,26,2486,3473],"tags":[4004,2320,3474,4556,3492,11567,4062,9005,4947,4789,2660,4147,3475],"class_list":["post-21079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-greater-sage-grouse","category-utah","category-wayne-county","category-white-tailed-prairie-dogs","tag-adult","tag-centrocercus-urophasianus","tag-cynomys-leucurus","tag-greater-sage-grouse","tag-grouse","tag-high","tag-male","tag-prairie-dog","tag-prairie-dogs","tag-sage-grouse","tag-sagebrush-steppe","tag-upland-game-bird","tag-white-tailed-prairie-dog"],"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