{"id":47604,"date":"2017-07-07T05:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=47604"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:51:41","slug":"red-naped-sapsucker-in-the-uinta-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/07\/07\/red-naped-sapsucker-in-the-uinta-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-naped Sapsucker in the Uinta Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

This male Red-naped Sapsucker was photographed last year in the high Uintas<\/span><\/a>, a mountain range that is east of Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Mountains that I can see from where I live.<\/p>\n

\"Red-napedRed-naped Sapsucker in the Uintas – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a bit of a drive to get there but the Uintas are beautiful and it is often much cooler there than down here in the valley.<\/p>\n

When I photographed this Red-naped Sapsucker last year he and his mate had been feeding young in the nesting cavity for a few weeks and both he and his mate’s plumage was beginning to look a bit worn.<\/p>\n

I had hoped to see young sapsuckers sticking their heads out of the cavity that day but it was not to be. I didn’t get that lucky. I could hear the young but I never saw them.<\/p>\n

I’m going to have to keep trying to get the photographs I would love to have of the young sapsuckers peeking out of nesting cavities. This year the active nesting cavity in this same area wasn’t in a good place to photograph.<\/p>\n

I wonder how the young sapsuckers did this year because the area is used for camping and heavily trafficked, the July 4th holiday weekend was probably disruptive for them.<\/p>\n

Luckily they don’t have to put up with fireworks up there. Hopefully the young sapsuckers fledged either before or after the holiday weekend when there was less traffic.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This male Red-naped Sapsucker was photographed last year in the high Uintas, a mountain range that is east of Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Mountains I can see from where I live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,2141,1731,5219,26],"tags":[4004,1919,5182,5370,4062,4069,4075,2580,2579,2144,5847,3094,2145,4777,2146,4193],"class_list":["post-47604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-red-naped-sapsuckers","category-summit-county-utah","category-uinta-wasatch-cache-national-forest","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-aspen","tag-cavity","tag-forest","tag-male","tag-mountains","tag-nest","tag-nesting-cavity","tag-nesting-tree","tag-red-naped-sapsucker","tag-sapsucker","tag-sapsuckers","tag-sphyrapicus-nuchalis","tag-woodpecker","tag-woodpeckers","tag-young"],"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