{"id":4898,"date":"2012-05-01T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:49:54","slug":"spring-time-chukar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/01\/spring-time-chukar\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Time Chukar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chukar\u00a0Chukar with tiny spring flowers – Nikon D300, f13, 1\/320, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the wildflowers have started to bloom on Antelope Island State Park and I have looked forward to seeing them. I liked that this spring time Chukar perched on a rock where a few of the Redstem Filaree were visible.<\/p>\n

Redstem Filaree abounds on Antelope Island State Park but it is likely that they are overlooked by many people because they are so tiny and hug the ground very closely.<\/p>\n

I’ve never observed Chukars<\/span><\/a> eating the stems or blossoms but I suspect they might eat the seeds of the filaree later on in the season.<\/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":"

I liked that this spring time Chukar perched on a rock where a few of the Redstem Filaree were visible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165106,"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":[511,27,442,1022,26,5347],"tags":[4146,4021,445,4773,11978,2475,2208,165,452,401,4307],"class_list":["post-4898","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","category-wildflowers","tag-alectoris-chukar","tag-bird-photography","tag-chukar","tag-chukars","tag-desert-island","tag-erodium-cicutarium","tag-redstem-filaree","tag-spring","tag-spring-time","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-wildflowers"],"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