{"id":5314,"date":"2012-07-09T03:55:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2024-09-21T04:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T09:13:37","slug":"cottontail-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/09\/cottontail-rabbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Cottontail Rabbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I photographed this little Desert Cottontail rabbit yesterday on Antelope Island State Park. Black-tailed Jackrabbits are far more common on the island so I was tickled to see this cottontail near the hay barn.<\/p>\n

\"DesertDesert Cottontail – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/160, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x Tc at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cottontail was nibbling on fresh grass shoots that were emerging from the straw near the barn.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I photographed this little Cottontail Rabbit yesterday on Antelope Island State Park. Black-tailed Jackrabbits are far more common on the island so I was tickled to see this Cottontail near the haybarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134795,"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":[511,1022,1683,26],"tags":[4004,6372,1684,4865,3746,11978,4870,6371,4864,2315,4429],"class_list":["post-5314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-desert-cottontails","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-cottontail","tag-cottontail-rabbit","tag-cottontails","tag-desert-cottontail","tag-desert-island","tag-hay","tag-rabbit","tag-rabbits","tag-summer-3","tag-sylvilagus-nuttallii"],"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