{"id":5846,"date":"2012-08-03T03:55:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:22:29","slug":"pronghorn-doe-in-a-field-of-moth-mullein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/03\/pronghorn-doe-in-a-field-of-moth-mullein\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronghorn Doe In A Field Of Wand Mullein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t posted a Pronghorn for a while and thought I would share this one taken earlier this week on Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-170744 size-full\" title=\"Pronghorn doe in a field of Wand Mullein, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175.jpg\" alt=\"Pronghorn doe in a field of Wand Mullein, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10194\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Pronghorn doe in a field of Wand Mullein &#8211; Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last year at this time the island seemed to be covered with wild sunflowers, this year it seems that the Wand Mulleins are the biggest bloomers for this time of the year. I thought this doe looked beautiful in a field of small yellow flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/pronghorn-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Pronghorn photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t posted a Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) for a while and thought I would share this one taken earlier this week on Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170744,"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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,1022,183,26,5347],"tags":[4335,4096,11978,4097,1124,4035,185,2315,4344,1390,4032,5063],"class_list":["post-5846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-pronghorn","category-utah","category-wildflowers","tag-antelope","tag-antilocapra-americana","tag-desert-island","tag-doe","tag-field","tag-nature-photography","tag-pronghorn","tag-summer-3","tag-verbascum-virgatum","tag-wand-mullein","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-yellow-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pronghorn-doe-mia-mcpherson-6175.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1wi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25693,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/22\/pronghorn-fawns-cause-me-cuteness-overload\/","url_meta":{"origin":5846,"position":0},"title":"Pronghorn Fawns Cause Me Cuteness Overload","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't resist Pronghorn fawns, well maybe I can, but I don't want to and won't! 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