{"id":116874,"date":"2022-08-19T05:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116874"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:37:41","slug":"calling-chukar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/calling-chukar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Chukar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Color coordinated perch and bird.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"116875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/calling-chukar-2\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1305186259","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"chukar 9445 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have a soft spot for photos of Chukars calling from rocks, especially when the rock isn’t one of the glaringly white ones on Antelope Island. The rock in this older photo is on the island but thankfully it isn’t one of the bright white ones. As a plus, the rock is perfectly color coordinated with some of the colors of the Chukar. I’m always grateful to Mother Nature when she provides that little aesthetic touch that I have no control over.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I’ve posted a number of photos of calling Chukars but I don’t believe I’ve ever said much about the actual sounds they make, or their functions. So here’s what Cornell’s Birds of the World has to say about both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">“<em>Rally Call – most common call and the one from which species derives its name. Commences as low-intensity chuck,\u00a0chuck,\u00a0chuck\u00a0that changes to\u00a0per-chuck,\u00a0per-chuck\u00a0as intensity increases. This in turn gives way to\u00a0chukar-chukar-chukar, which with ever-increasing intensity and volume becomes 3-syllable\u00a0chuckara-chuckara-chuckara . This call usually given from rocky vantage point and carries for great distances. Both sexes use this call. During summer, fall, and winter, when coveys are flushed, this call is the primary method used for locating one another. Function of this call during breeding season is primarily to space males rather than to attract a mate. Female uses this call when separated from mate.<\/em>“<\/p>\n<p>Finding a quality sound or video clip of a calling Chukar can be a challenge but All About Birds has some pretty decent Chukar sound clips. If you’re interested, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Chukar\/sounds#:~:text=Chukars%20are%20vocal%20birds%20with,syllable%20chuck%2Da%2Dra.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here’s a link<\/a><\/span><\/span> to several of them.<\/p>\n<p>The one I hear most often is a variation of the first one labeled “Song”.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Color coordinated perch and bird.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/19\/calling-chukar-2\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,334,352],"tags":[26,31,1102,82,6488,311],"class_list":["post-116874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island","category-birds","category-chukars","tag-alectoris-chukar","tag-antelope-island-2","tag-calling","tag-chukar","tag-sound-function-and-description","tag-utah-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chukar-9445-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-up4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116874"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116924,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116874\/revisions\/116924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}