{"id":4797,"date":"2012-04-19T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:45:37","slug":"female-greater-sage-grouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/19\/female-greater-sage-grouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Greater Sage-Grouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FemaleFemale Greater Sage-Grouse – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 242mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this female Greater Sage-Grouse while up in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> of Utah. This hen was traveling in a small flock of four to five birds as I recall and they were feeding right at the edge of a two lane road.<\/p>\n

The Greater Sage-Grouse didn’t appear to be the least bit timid and I was able to take a series of images of them before moving down the curvy mountain road. I hope to photograph them again sometime in the future.<\/p>\n

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

Mia\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/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 photographed this female Greater Sage-Grouse while up in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131751,"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":[27,2319,26,773],"tags":[4004,2320,4070,4247,4136,4109,4556,3492,4359,4069,4789,401],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-greater-sage-grouse","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-centrocercus-urophasianus","tag-female","tag-flock","tag-foraging","tag-grasses","tag-greater-sage-grouse","tag-grouse","tag-hen","tag-mountains","tag-sage-grouse","tag-upland-game-birds"],"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