{"id":8447,"date":"2013-05-27T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8447"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:41:17","slug":"pronghorn-buck-on-antelope-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/05\/27\/pronghorn-buck-on-antelope-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronghorn Buck On Antelope Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PronghornPronghorn buck on Antelope Island<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I photographed this Pronghorn buck on Antelope Island where I spotted it grazing on the new leaves of Wand Mullein.<\/p>\n

Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> is named after these wonderful creatures but in reality they are not true antelopes, I think Pronghorn Island State Park wouldn’t have gone over as well as Antelope Island State Park though.<\/p>\n

Pronghorns are endemic to central and western North America and are the only surviving family member of Antliocapridae<\/em>. At the time humans entered North America there were five species and now there is only one.<\/p>\n

Kind of makes me wonder if humans have anything to do with the extinction of the four that are now extinct.<\/p>\n

I hope the Pronghorn we do have continue to flourish because they are majestic creatures and the western landscape wouldn’t be the same without them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I hope the Pronghorn we do have continue to flourish because they are majestic creatures and the western landscape wouldn’t be the same without them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170811,"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":[511,27,1022,183,26],"tags":[4004,4096,4184,11978,5435,4062,519,4035,343,185,4018,14531,1390,102,4032],"class_list":["post-8447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-pronghorn","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-antilocapra-americana","tag-buck","tag-desert-island","tag-hills","tag-male","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-photography","tag-pronghorn","tag-sky","tag-sprng","tag-wand-mullein","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"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