{"id":93805,"date":"2021-08-22T05:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T11:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=93805"},"modified":"2023-11-16T05:35:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:35:33","slug":"four-long-tailed-weasel-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/08\/22\/four-long-tailed-weasel-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Long-tailed Weasel Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Long-tailedLong-tailed Weasel looking back over its shoulder from a road \u2013 Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have shared photos of this Long-tailed Weasel before<\/span><\/a> but I liked these four images that I hadn’t edited and wanted to share them today. I found and pointed out this Long-tailed Weasel near a burrow in the dirt road of the auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> in August of 2015. I can’t say for sure that the burrow in the road belonged to the weasel but I did see the weasel come out of it.<\/p>\n

I liked how the weasel was standing and looking back over its shoulder. The setting? Not so much yet this is where I found this fuzzy creature.<\/p>\n

\"Long-tailedLong-tailed Weasel in front of a burrow in a road \u2013 Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This photo shows the Long-tailed Weasel in front of the burrow in the road. As I recall it was hot that day and I had issues with heat waves from the road making it difficult to lock focus on the weasel in addition to not having the best light angle.<\/p>\n

\"Long-tailedLong-tailed Weasel standing in tall grasses \u2013 Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Of this series of four images I liked this photo of the weasel standing up and looking towards me from the tall grasses next to the shoulder of the auto tour route the most. Even though the weasel is small in the frame the image has a dreamy quality to it that I find appealing. The light angle was a whole lot better too!<\/p>\n

\"Long-tailedLong-tailed Weasel sniffing excrement in the road \u2013 Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I reviewed these Long-tailed Weasel photos after taking them I missed seeing something in this photo. When I looked at the images again recently I noticed that this photo shows the weasel is sniffing bird excrement in the road. I’m not sure how I missed seeing that whitewash in the road. I can’t unsee it now.<\/p>\n

An interesting fact about Long-tailed Weasels is that they mate between July and August and because of delayed implantation of the fertilized egg into the uterine wall they don\u2019t give birth until 10 months later with embryonic development of the kits occurring only during the last four weeks of the gestation period.<\/p>\n

I find Long-tailed Weasels way more often than I am able to photograph them because these weasels move fast. My best opportunities with Long-tailed Weasels have happened when I am already parked and using a vehicle as a mobile blind and they show up while I am photographing other subjects which is what happened when I saw this one.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I have shared photos of this Long-tailed Weasel before but I liked these four images that I hadn’t edited and wanted to share them today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116627,"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":[124,1148,1157,26],"tags":[4004,4007,4008,2416,4094,1162,2315,30,2774,2775,4095],"class_list":["post-93805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-long-tailed-weasels","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","tag-box-elder-county","tag-long-tailed-weasel","tag-marsh","tag-neogale-frenata","tag-summer-3","tag-utah-2","tag-weasel","tag-weasels","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/long-tailed-weasel-adult-mia-mcpherson-0891.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ooZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27836,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/08\/26\/an-injured-long-tailed-weasel-and-a-snowy-egret-entangled-in-rope\/","url_meta":{"origin":93805,"position":0},"title":"An Injured Long-tailed Weasel and a Snowy Egret Entangled in Rope","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"And this one of the Long-tailed Weasel at the side of the road that shows its face, dark eyes and cute rounded ears but it also shows that the weasel appears to be injured on the left of its nose.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Long-tailed Weasel at a burrow,Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/long-tailed-weasel-burrow-mia-mcpherson-0818.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/long-tailed-weasel-burrow-mia-mcpherson-0818.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/long-tailed-weasel-burrow-mia-mcpherson-0818.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/long-tailed-weasel-burrow-mia-mcpherson-0818.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4071,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/20\/friday-photos-feathers-fur\/","url_meta":{"origin":93805,"position":1},"title":"Friday Photos ~ Feathers and Fur","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"For today's Friday Photos I am mixing it up a bit and posting images of Pronghorns, a Black-crowned Night Heron, a Long-tailed Weasel and an American Kestrel. 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