{"id":55974,"date":"2019-02-07T06:46:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55974"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T19:53:12","slug":"chukar-in-snow-photographed-six-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/07\/chukar-in-snow-photographed-six-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Chukar in Snow Photographed Six Years Ago Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChukarChukar walking in the snow after a storm – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I did try to get out to photograph yesterday afternoon and by that time winter storm Lucian had dumped around 13 inches of snow here at home.<\/p>\n

It took me about 20 minutes just to remove all the snow that had piled up on my Jeep at around 9:30 am. The snow continued intermittently all day long and into the evening.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a final tally on how much snow actually fell but I’ll have to scrape more snow from my Jeep before I can go anywhere today.<\/p>\n

There are clouds overhead this morning and some more snow may fall before Lucian completely high tails it out of the area. I hope to go out shooting later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

That is precisely what I did six years ago today, I waited out the clouds from a snow storm and left the house before noon to head into the field to find and photograph birds.<\/p>\n

I got lucky on Antelope Island State Park when I found several Chukars wandering around close to the road foraging in the fresh snow.<\/p>\n

It paid off to go out into the field in what I would call my “off hours” which is usually mid-day when the sun is the highest because the light can be very contrasty.<\/p>\n

During the winter, when the sun is low on the horizon, that isn’t as much of a problem though.<\/p>\n

\"ChukarChukar running in deep snow – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was tickled to photograph this Chukar six years ago because it showed off its subtle colors and patterns so nicely against a canvas of white snow.<\/p>\n

So there are times when it is wise to head out into the field outside of morning and late afternoon hours when it comes to bird photography.<\/p>\n

Yesterday that didn’t work out for me because I wasn’t finding many birds at my local pond but today… who knows what I might see.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was tickled to photograph this Chukar six years ago because it showed off its subtle colors and patterns so nicely against a canvas of white snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[511,27,442,1022,26],"tags":[4004,4146,445,4773,11978,4050,401,373],"class_list":["post-55974","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","tag-adult","tag-alectoris-chukar","tag-chukar","tag-chukars","tag-desert-island","tag-snow","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-snow-mia-mcpherson-6406.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eyO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50406,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/12\/30\/calling-chukar-in-snow-on-antelope-island\/","url_meta":{"origin":55974,"position":0},"title":"Calling Chukar in Snow on Antelope Island","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I always feel fortunate when I am able to photograph Chukars in the snow on the island because it helps to make them more visible than they are during other seasons of the year","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chukar calling on snow-covered Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-calling-snow-mia-mcpherson-6631.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-calling-snow-mia-mcpherson-6631.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-calling-snow-mia-mcpherson-6631.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chukar-calling-snow-mia-mcpherson-6631.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7093,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/12\/chukars-on-a-cold-winter-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":55974,"position":1},"title":"Chukars On A Cold Winter Morning","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It is almost hard to believe that in just two months these Chukars will be fighting for territories as they begin the mating season while there is over 9 inches of fresh snow on the ground where I live this morning.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chukar fluffed up against the cold, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chukar-8752.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chukar-8752.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chukar-8752.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chukar-8752.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7550,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/02\/18\/more-chukars-in-the-snow\/","url_meta":{"origin":55974,"position":2},"title":"More Chukars In The Snow","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, more Chukars in the snow! 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