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I Heard Barred Owl Calls Last Night

By |2023-09-07T06:10:03-06:00September 7th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last night, around 9 p.m., I listened to Barred Owl calls. Before Utah birders get excited, I heard those calls courtesy of my niece, Kristal, from Virginia.

Juvenile Lazuli Bunting Images

By |2022-07-27T15:17:01-06:00July 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I had fun taking juvenile Lazuli Bunting images as several of these young birds rested and moved around eating grass seeds for breakfast.

Loggerhead Shrike On A Witness Post

By |2021-02-27T06:27:09-07:00February 27th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week while looking through older photos I came across this Loggerhead Shrike perched on a Witness Post image and I chuckled out loud.

Mountain Chickadees – Listening For Their Songs And Calls

By |2021-04-27T15:38:23-06:00October 27th, 2020|Categories: Mountain Chickadees, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I listen for birds everywhere I go. Their calls and songs help me to locate them so I can photograph and observe them as they go about their lives.

Pine Siskin In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2023-10-17T19:47:42-06:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The bird activity picked up just after the sun rose over the mountains peaks and as I scanned the area for birds I spotted this Pine Siskin almost directly in front of me clinging to a small branch.

An American Robin Who Briefly Fooled My Ears

By |2024-03-10T10:59:09-06:00June 1st, 2020|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

And I then had an "Ah ha" moment. No wonder I thought I was hearing a Cedar Waxwing when in actuality it was the American Robin calling out because of a predator that I did not see.

Red-breasted Nuthatch And Juniper Titmouse Photos

By |2023-11-12T05:06:45-07:00April 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These are the stories behind how I took these Red-breasted Nuthatch and Juniper Titmouse photos while relaxing and enjoying a lovely day in the West Desert.

My First Of Year Gray Catbird – Heard But Not Seen

By |2021-04-27T05:28:37-06:00April 12th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On April 2nd in a canyon in some mountains of the West Desert of Utah I heard a familiar call, the mewing call of a Gray Catbird while I was looking for birds to photograph.

Photographing Limpkins At Lake Seminole

By |2021-03-15T16:31:39-06:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Eleven years ago today I was wandering and looking for birds to photograph at Lake Seminole Park in Florida and found a very cooperative Limpkin that was foraging for breakfast.

Calling Willow Flycatcher – Hearing FITZ-bew Clinched The ID

By |2021-05-25T04:15:52-06:00May 31st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Because of a two part call, FITZ-bew, I had no trouble identifying a flycatcher that I saw, photographed and heard yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains as a Willow Flycatcher.

I Swear I heard A Willet Calling Two Days Ago

By |2021-04-25T05:24:41-06:00April 3rd, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While looking for Sage Thrashers to photograph on Antelope Island two days ago I swear I heard a Willet call. It was just one distant call but my ears perked up right away.

I’m Looking Forward to Photographing Green-tailed Towhees

By |2021-02-15T07:20:11-07:00May 3rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Green-tailed Towhees are migratory so I don't see them year round in Utah like I do their close relatives the Spotted Towhees. Green-tailed Towhees spend their winters in the southern most parts of the U.S. and in Mexico and I miss seeing a hearing them while they are away.

Long-billed Curlews – Shorebirds of the Great Basin

By |2022-08-16T05:35:02-06:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was one year ago today that I saw and heard my first Long-billed Curlews of the year and this morning as I sit here knowing there are cloudy skies outside I am wondering if the curlews have returned to northern Utah today as well.

Urban Birds – California Quail at a Local Park

By |2022-10-30T15:06:52-06:00December 19th, 2017|Categories: Birds, California Quails, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It isn't uncommon to see California Quail crossing sidewalks, roads and trails in the city and this photo reminded me of how well this species has adapted to living in urban areas.

Gray Catbird singing in a Stand of Willows in the Wasatch Mountains

By |2021-04-27T07:52:44-06:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Gray Catbirds are related to mockingbirds and thrashers and are in the family Mimidae and all of them are noted for their vocalizations and their ability to mimic a wide variety of bird songs and calls and human made sounds.

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird Portraits

By |2024-03-22T07:44:05-06:00May 29th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was surprised yesterday to be able to take portraits of male Yellow-headed Blackbirds because they normally fly away from me instead of flying towards me.

Royal Terns Courting in Florida

By |2021-04-21T06:05:50-06:00April 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Royal Terns|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The "Circling" courtship behavior of Royal Terns was one that I found interesting because as the male circled the female she moved too and kept her sides facing him.

Antelope Island Mourning Dove Close Up

By |2024-03-07T05:32:24-07:00April 1st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm keeping my daily post simple today, as simple as a Mourning Dove close up I photographed on Antelope Island last spring taken while it moved through the dew laden grasses.

Male Cassin’s Finch in Clark County, Idaho

By |2021-03-12T15:05:07-07:00June 18th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Cassin's Finches, Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

At times the male Cassin's Finch looked like he was on alert but I can't be sure why, it might have been because of the other finches nearby or that he was keeping an eye out for predators in the sky.

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