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An Immature Light Morph Ferruginous Hawk In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-22T13:31:07-05:00November 4th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: autumn, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, Buteos, cedar post, desert, fall, fence post, Ferruginous Hawk, flight, flying, foothills, gravel road, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, light morph, low, prched, raptors, sky island mountains, turning, wooden post, young|

The highlight of my morning yesterday was when I spotted an immature light morph Ferruginous Hawk perched on a cedar post in the West Desert.

Feisty, Pugnacious And Aggressive – Why I Enjoy Photographing American Coots

By Mia McPherson|2020-01-15T05:46:27-06:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: aggressive behavior, American Coot, coot, coots, feisty, Fulica americana, low, patrol, patrolling, patrolling behavior, photograph, photographing, pond, pugnacious, swimming|

While observing American Coots I can see that they are feisty, pugnacious and aggressive in their behaviors and they don't seem to take any guff from each other.