Navajo sandstone

Lazuli Buntings near the San Rafael River

By |2022-07-11T04:41:12-06:00September 26th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have enjoyed photographing Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) near the San Rafael River at the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area. These images were taken in the spring when the males were high on perches singing to attract females.

Travel Postcards – Burr Trail, Utah

By |2016-12-07T12:13:29-07:00June 4th, 2012|Categories: Burr Trail, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Burr Trail winds its way through some of Utah's most stunning scenery, from the small town of Boulder to Bullfrog near Lake Powell. Along the way the scenery makes me feel tiny but I also feel very much in touch with the earth and the geology of the area.

Red Fleet State Park, Utah

By |2021-11-07T09:34:26-07:00May 28th, 2012|Categories: Dunes, Red Fleet State Park, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I recently visited Red Fleet State Park in north-eastern Utah near Vernal and came away with a few landscape images that I liked.

Lazuli Bunting males

By |2021-06-01T04:20:53-06:00December 15th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Male Lazuli Buntings resemble bluebirds but they are smaller and the blues are a different hue than the Mountain, Eastern and Western Bluebirds.

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