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Male Rough-legged Hawk Photos

By |2022-04-20T21:21:48-06:00February 26th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week I photographed a light morph, adult male Rough-legged Hawk in the West Desert of Utah with three different backgrounds.

Ferruginous And Rough-legged Hawk Lift Off Photos

By |2022-04-20T21:22:12-06:00February 22nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was able to take Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawk lift off photos where both of the raptors still had their feet on their perches.

Winter Female American Kestrel Photos

By |2021-02-03T11:58:23-07:00February 3rd, 2021|Categories: American Kestrels, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was able to take female American Kestrel photos from the causeway to Antelope Island State Park twice.

Male American Kestrel Chest Plumage Variation

By |2024-01-15T10:12:54-07:00January 24th, 2021|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two recent posts on Facebook inspired me to write about male American Kestrel chest plumage variation and to share six images of male kestrels photographed here in Utah.

Rock Squirrel Resting On A Lichen Encrusted Boulder

By |2023-04-11T05:26:54-06:00September 13th, 2020|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent the morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday where one of the furry creatures I saw and photographed was a Rock Squirrel on a lichen encrusted boulder.

Fledgling Song Sparrow At Water’s Edge

By |2021-06-12T10:57:01-06:00July 19th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing a photo of a fledgling Song Sparrow I photographed last week next to an alpine creek high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Vesper Sparrows In Spring

By |2023-03-07T07:44:53-07:00April 28th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Vesper Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month I spotted my first of year Vesper Sparrow way up north in Box Elder County and since then I have been looking for them closer to home in the Wasatch Mountains.

Juvenile, Immature And Adult Sage Thrashers

By |2021-03-05T06:00:44-07:00March 9th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The comparisons I have made between juvenile, immature and adult Sage Thrashers are basic, there are more ways to determine their age but I wanted to keep the comparisons simple.

Christmas Morning Snowfall

By |2022-10-02T04:51:18-06:00December 25th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Peregrine Falcons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is still dark here in northern Utah but I can tell there is some fresh snow on the ground so I guess that makes this a white Christmas even if the white stuff melts before the sun comes up over the mountains.

Male California Quail On A Rock At Farmington Bay WMA

By |2022-10-02T05:57:54-06:00October 4th, 2019|Categories: Birds, California Quails, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I haven't had any California Quail in my viewfinder since last December so a when I had the chance to photograph a male at Farmington Bay WMA nine days ago I was happy.

Photographing Spring Yellow-rumped Warblers In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2021-05-09T15:04:49-06:00May 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three days ago I photographed Yellow-rumped Warblers in the Wasatch Mountains, these warblers are a challenge because they move so quickly but they are always fun to have in my viewfinder.

Photographing A Calling Willet On A Rocky Hillside

By |2021-04-25T07:52:22-06:00April 21st, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was a pleasure for me to see and photograph a Willet two days ago on Antelope Island State Park and this Willet even started calling which made it even more of a pleasure for me.

One Stunning Rufous Red-tailed Hawk – How Finding It Saved My Day

By |2023-12-11T02:49:40-07:00March 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If I hadn't found and pointed out this stunning rufous Red-tailed Hawk yesterday morning I would have basically come home without a single decent image of a bird.

Sibling Red-tailed Hawk Juveniles Perched & On The Wing

By |2021-03-15T09:22:43-06:00July 17th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Back in March of this year I started watching and photographing a pair of Red-tailed Hawks in the process of building their nest on the face of a high cliff, these two juveniles are the results of the hard work of that pair of hawks.

Young Wildlife – Moose, Marmot, Pronghorn, Red Fox and Wild Horses

By |2024-03-13T15:50:07-06:00May 2nd, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Idaho, Montana, Moose, Mustangs, Pronghorn, Red Foxes, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Targhee National Forest, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Horses, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Spring is the season of birth and rebirth, the leaves of trees unfurl, the dormant grasses and forbs poke up through the ground, flower buds burst open and flowers in all the colors of the rainbow appear on the landscapes, birds nest and incubate and wild animals give birth to their young.

Looking For Burrowing And Short-eared Owls

By |2021-02-07T14:00:29-07:00March 16th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Owls, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm getting ansty for spring migration and for the birds that it will bring including Burrowing and Short-eared Owls which I always look forward to photographing here in northern Utah.

Looking For The First Of The Year Sage Thrashers To Arrive

By |2021-03-07T10:19:07-07:00March 9th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can barely wait to see my first Sage Thrasher of the year warming up on a rock in front of the Great Salt Lake, scurrying along on the ground, perched on top of sage or rabbitbrush singing or displaying.

Lesson Learned – Make Sure To Upload Before Reformatting

By |2021-05-24T06:49:03-06:00January 24th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Peregrine Falcons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I lost those Peregrine Falcon images because I had other things on my mind and prematurely reformatted my memory card.

Calling Chukar in Snow on Antelope Island

By |2021-02-11T09:59:22-07:00December 30th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I always feel fortunate when I am able to photograph Chukars in the snow on the island because it helps to make them more visible than they are during other seasons of the year

Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron Close Up Experience

By |2021-05-05T14:15:18-06:00May 24th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I drove up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge to see what birds I could find to photograph and I am glad I did because I had a wonderful juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron close up experience.

Photographing Chukars on Antelope Island

By |2020-01-15T05:48:16-07:00March 18th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was able to spend time photographing a pair of Chukars on Antelope Island State Park in a grassy area that has begun to turn green.

Male American Kestrel Resting and Preening – One Good Bird Can Make the Day

By |2022-12-10T08:57:55-07:00February 9th, 2017|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have mentioned before how one good bird can make a day and yesterday that bird was a male American Kestrel resting and preening at Farmington Bay WMA.

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