{"id":34721,"date":"2016-01-06T06:10:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=34721"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:30:42","slug":"a-resting-mountain-cottontail-on-a-snow-drift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/01\/06\/a-resting-mountain-cottontail-on-a-snow-drift\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting Mountain Cottontail on a snow drift"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MountainA Mountain Cottontail on a snow drift – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple image today of a resting Mountain Cottontail on a snow drift taken on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> near the park headquarters.<\/p>\n

I do wish that I didn’t have man made objects in the background on the right side of the frame, it would have been wonderful if the snow had drifted over the pile of wood and branches.<\/p>\n

I’m getting cabin fever due to not being out in the field, the gray skies and icky weather are keeping me indoors and the forecast for the next few days doesn’t look good for photo opportunities.<\/p>\n

We need the snow though to fill our reservoirs so I am trying not to complain, much. I am looking forward to brighter days.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Just a simple image today of a resting Mountain Cottontail on a snow drift taken on Antelope Island State Park near the park headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170431,"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":[511,1022,7717,26],"tags":[6372,4865,7718,6371,4864,4156,4050,4866,4429,373],"class_list":["post-34721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-mountain-cottontails","category-utah","tag-cottontail","tag-cottontails","tag-mountain-cottontail","tag-rabbit","tag-rabbits","tag-resting","tag-snow","tag-snow-drift","tag-sylvilagus-nuttallii","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mountain-cottontail-snow-mia-mcpherson-1749.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-921","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35211,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/02\/04\/a-mountain-cottontail-on-antelope-island-state-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":34721,"position":0},"title":"Mountain Cottontail on Antelope Island State Park","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I had to share at least one image of this Mountain Cottontail on Antelope Island State Park that showed its little, fluffy white tail, after all that is where they get part of their name.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mountain Cottontail resting on the snow on Antelope Island State Park in Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-snow-mia-mcpherson-0303.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-snow-mia-mcpherson-0303.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-snow-mia-mcpherson-0303.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-snow-mia-mcpherson-0303.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55817,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/01\/26\/mountain-cottontail-on-a-bright-january-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":34721,"position":1},"title":"Mountain Cottontail On A Bright January Morning","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I haven't seen rabbits for quite some time on the island so when I spotted this Mountain Cottontail yesterday on a small snow-topped hill I knew I had to get photos of it.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mountain Cottontail on a snow-topped hill, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-4744.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-4744.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-4744.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/desert-cottontail-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-4744.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5314,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/09\/cottontail-rabbit\/","url_meta":{"origin":34721,"position":2},"title":"Desert Cottontail Rabbit","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this little Cottontail Rabbit yesterday on Antelope Island State Park. 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