{"id":52126,"date":"2018-05-17T05:34:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=52126"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:51:16","slug":"adult-uinta-ground-squirrel-damp-from-dew-plus-a-bonus-baby-squirrel-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/05\/17\/adult-uinta-ground-squirrel-damp-from-dew-plus-a-bonus-baby-squirrel-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel Damp From Dew Plus a Bonus Baby Squirrel Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UintaUinta Ground Squirrel dampened by dew – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m sharing two Uinta Ground Squirrel photos taken two days ago a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a>, one adult that was wet from the morning dew and one baby that was just outside of its burrow.<\/p>\n

Most of the adult squirrels were wet from dew on the grasses, some were very wet, and some were barely wet. This one had a wet nose, chest, paws, and wet cheeks and tiny droplets of water on its muzzle.<\/p>\n

\"BabyBaby Uinta Ground Squirrel near its burrow – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 170mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had the chance to photograph a baby Uinta Ground Squirrel but it was so close to my Jeep that I couldn’t use my long lens, instead I had to use my D810 with the 18-200mm lens attached. It was such a cute little pup and my mother got a kick out of seeing it.<\/p>\n

How is that for keeping this post short & sweet?<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I’m sharing two Uinta Ground Squirrel photos taken two days ago a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains, one adult that was wet from the morning dew and one baby that was just outside of its burrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171549,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731,1630,26],"tags":[5772,3940,6499,5142,1631,5071,1632,4069,4107,165,3826,3827,2619,2620,1824,4193],"class_list":["post-52126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summit-county-utah","category-uinta-ground-squirrel","category-utah","tag-baby","tag-canyon","tag-dampened","tag-dew","tag-ground-squirrel","tag-ground-squirrels","tag-mammals","tag-mountains","tag-pup","tag-spring","tag-squirrel","tag-squirrels","tag-uinta-ground-squirrel-2","tag-urocitellus-armatus","tag-wet","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uinta-ground-squirrel-wet-mia-mcpherson-0285.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-dyK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103822,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/03\/adult-uinta-ground-squirrel-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":52126,"position":0},"title":"Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel Photos","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I'm sharing some adult Uinta Ground Squirrel photos that were taken high in the Wasatch Mountains over the past month that I like a lot.","rel":"","context":"In "Summit County"","block_context":{"text":"Summit County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/summit-county-utah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel on an old sagebrush stump, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/uinta-ground-squirrel-adult-sagebrush-stump-mia-mcpherson-2147.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/uinta-ground-squirrel-adult-sagebrush-stump-mia-mcpherson-2147.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/uinta-ground-squirrel-adult-sagebrush-stump-mia-mcpherson-2147.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/uinta-ground-squirrel-adult-sagebrush-stump-mia-mcpherson-2147.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57695,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/05\/08\/photographing-uinta-ground-squirrels-in-a-wasatch-mountain-canyon\/","url_meta":{"origin":52126,"position":1},"title":"Photographing Uinta Ground Squirrels In A Wasatch Mountain Canyon","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago while up in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains I was able to finally realize a personal goal while photographing Uinta Ground Squirrels.","rel":"","context":"In "Summit County"","block_context":{"text":"Summit County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/summit-county-utah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel munching on spring grasses, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uinta-ground-squirrel-grass-mia-mcpherson-2619.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uinta-ground-squirrel-grass-mia-mcpherson-2619.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uinta-ground-squirrel-grass-mia-mcpherson-2619.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uinta-ground-squirrel-grass-mia-mcpherson-2619.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102952,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/06\/06\/more-cute-baby-uinta-ground-squirrels\/","url_meta":{"origin":52126,"position":2},"title":"More Cute Baby Uinta Ground Squirrels","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week while up in the Wasatch Mountains with my friend Steve I took more images of cute baby Uinta Ground Squirrels. 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