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An Immature Red-tailed Hawk On A Foggy Morning In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-03T03:18:41-05:00September 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alert, bedraggled, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, capture, damp, diving, eating, flight, fly over, flying, fog, foggy, freshly caught, hatch year, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, lifting off, metal post, mountains, prey, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, talons, wet|

There are times when one bird can make my day and yesterday that bird was an immature Red-tailed Hawk that I spotted just before heading home after a trip into the mountains that included fog and other challenges.

Forster’s Tern With Prey At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-13T03:54:12-05:00September 10th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Forster's Terns, Utah|Tags: adult, capture, dive, fish, Forster’s Tern, lift off, marsh, nonbreeding, prey, Sterna forsteri, tern, terns, water, wetlands|

I have had fun photographing Forster's Terns the last few times I have gone to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, they are graceful, beautiful terns and they challenge my skills.