{"id":57559,"date":"2019-05-02T04:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57559"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:38:44","slug":"mule-deer-doe-may-snow-in-the-stansbury-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/05\/02\/mule-deer-doe-may-snow-in-the-stansbury-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Mule Deer Doe & May Snow In The Stansbury Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MuleMule Deer doe in snowy junipers – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/200, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I went back to the Stansbury Mountains yesterday hoping to photograph the nesting House Wrens<\/a><\/span> and other birds but I think the cold weather had an impact on the bird activity.<\/p>\n

It had actually snowed overnight and although it was just a light dusting the temps had dropped to below freezing and the birds just weren’t as active as they had been the day before.<\/p>\n

The roads were a lot sloppier than they had been the day before when I had driven into the mountains and at times it felt like sliding over slick pudding instead of an actual dirt road.<\/p>\n

My best photo of the morning was a Mule Deer<\/span><\/a> doe in a stand of junipers and even then a cloud blocked the beautiful light. Yes, that is snow on the junipers, on May 1st!<\/p>\n

\"MayMay snowfall in the Stansbury Mountains – Samsung cell phone pic
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I took a few cell phone shots of the junipers just to remind myself of how fickle the weather can be here in spring.<\/p>\n

Today is supposed to be sunny and about ten degrees warmer than it was yesterday. I think the birds will be warmer today than they were yesterday and so will I.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

My best photo of the morning was a Mule Deer doe in a stand of junipers and even then a cloud blocked the beautiful light. Yes, that is snow on the junipers, on May 1st!\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[317,1316,358,26,1314],"tags":[5795,3801,7102,4098,4097,4070,3914,9655,4674,2691,7101,4022,4180,10452,4050,165,2690,4111],"class_list":["post-57559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mule-deer","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-cold","tag-deer","tag-deers","tag-desert","tag-doe","tag-female","tag-juniper","tag-juniper-pinyon-communities","tag-junipers","tag-juniperus-osteosperma","tag-may","tag-mule-deer","tag-odocoileus-hemionus","tag-sky-island-mountains","tag-snow","tag-spring","tag-utah-juniper","tag-weather"],"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