{"id":67179,"date":"2020-03-19T05:41:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=67179"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:46:26","slug":"yellow-bellied-marmot-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/03\/19\/yellow-bellied-marmot-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-bellied Marmot In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Wasatch Mountains – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Three days ago I saw and photographed my first of the year Yellow-bellied Marmot in East Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains. The marmot wasn’t in the most beautiful setting, it was just off to the side of the road, but I enjoyed seeing and photographing it anyway. I’ve waited all winter long to see them again after all.<\/p>\n

There were two marmots in the area but one of them dove into the burrow rather quickly and did not come up to the surface again while I photographed the one who stayed above the ground. At first I didn’t care for this photo at all but the more I looked at it the more I liked it.<\/p>\n

I hope to have many more opportunities to photograph adult Yellow-bellied Marmots and their young this year. That is if<\/em> the threat of the coronavirus doesn’t restrict my traveling to the wild places where I find these marmots and if<\/em> the ground here in northern Utah stops shaking, rocking and rolling.<\/p>\n

After I published my post yesterday morning I was sitting at my desk when at 7:09 am the house, my desk, the floor, and the ground started to rocking around. There was a loud groaning noise and the house creaked. It took a split second to realize that we were having an earthquake here in the Salt Lake City area.<\/p>\n

The earthquake registered 5.7 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was a little more than 10 miles from where I live in the suburb of Murray. People as far away as Wyoming felt that first quake.<\/p>\n

\"Earthquake

Earthquake Map – 24 hour period showing the main quake and aftershocks<\/p><\/div>\n

The Salt Lake City International Airport was even closer and did sustain some damage which closed the airport for a large portion of the day. The town of Magna sustained the most damage but downtown Salt Lake City and the surrounding communities did as well. As I write this there hasn’t been an aftershock since 1:13 am and it registered 1.2 on the Richter scale.<\/p>\n

Needless to say everyone was on edge yesterday after that first huge jolt. More information on the quake can be found here<\/span><\/a> and here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You just never know what will shake up the plans you had for a day.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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