Wasatch Mountain Range

Christmas Day American Kestrel

By |2022-12-25T05:45:40-07:00December 25th, 2022|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this Christmas Day American Kestrel in 2020 at Farmington Bay WMA. That Christmas Day was bright and sunny, today isn't going to be at all.

Cloudy And Gray Winter Solstice

By |2022-12-22T05:00:28-07:00December 22nd, 2022|Categories: Birds, California Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My Winter Solstice was cloudy and gray. I wandered down to my local pond to take in my first day of winter views of the Wasatch Mountains plus a few birds.

Tundra Swans On Ice And Open Water

By |2024-02-07T05:28:44-07:00January 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I haven't yet gotten the photos of Tundra Swans this year that I would like to take but that won't stop me from sharing some that I have taken this winter.

Utah Is Hot – Cooling Winter Wetland Views

By |2021-06-16T05:36:02-06:00June 16th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Utah is hot. It is scorching. Our hottest temps are yet to come and there is no relief in sight for our drought.

Sunlight, Shadows And Snow – One View Of The Wasatch Mountains

By |2024-02-15T15:37:32-07:00December 6th, 2018|Categories: Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Three days ago while at my local pond I looked to the east and saw the sun lighting up a snow covered ridge line of the Wasatch Mountains where the ridge behind it was in the shadows and felt that I just had to take a few images.

Photographing a Red-tailed Hawk at Farmington Bay

By |2021-10-12T06:16:25-06:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Almost three years ago today I spent time photographing a Red-tailed Hawk at Farmington Bay that was hunting in a snowy field while using a nest box as a perch to watch for prey.

Juvenile Northern Harrier in a fog at Farmington Bay

By |2021-11-23T04:12:05-07:00February 6th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I did spot a juvenile Northern Harrier in the fog resting on a clump of vegetation in the snow covered field on the east side of the road and took a few images of it.

Red-tailed Hawk lifting off

By |2022-10-04T06:23:05-06:00October 30th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Lately it has been wonderful to see and photograph more birds including raptors. I think the long dry spell that started the end of July might be over finally.

D.O.T.S. – Dreaming Of The Sun

By |2017-06-10T18:12:38-06:00February 1st, 2014|Categories: Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , |

Yesterday I mentioned that I had D.W.B. (Dreary Weather Blues) and after a nice email from a friend last night who reminded me that it is only 7 weeks until the spring equinox I now have the D.O.T.S, better known as Dreaming Of The Sun.

Fire in the sky, fog and a female American Kestrel

By |2022-12-10T09:46:47-07:00December 16th, 2013|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Weather Phenomena|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The American Kestrel had just finished devouring a small bird of some sort, I really couldn't tell what it was because there were only a few small feathers left by the time I spotted the tiny falcon and when we stopped to photographer her.

Female Dusky Grouse in the Wasatch Mountain Range

By |2022-10-02T06:13:48-06:00July 22nd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , |

I don't see Dusky Grouse near as often as I would like to see them so I was quite happy when I saw several of them last week on my way up Skyline Drive to Bountiful Peak in northern Utah.

Female Northern Harrier in flight

By |2021-11-24T03:57:09-07:00December 13th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Typically I see far more Northern Harriers in the winter here in Utah than I do during the breeding season which might be partly due to the harriers preferring to nest within marshy wetland areas which are in abundance around the Great Salt Lake.

Bison bull in front of the Wasatch Mountain Range

By |2023-01-18T04:48:49-07:00November 28th, 2012|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm pleased with this bison image because it contains so many icons of the western U.S., the bison grazing on prairie grasses, the Great Salt Lake and a mountain range in the background.

Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island State Park – The Scenery

By |2021-02-27T03:31:51-07:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Antelope Island State Park is another of my favorite locations for bird and wildlife photography plus the scenery is incredibly beautiful at any time of the year. Although the park is about 41 miles from Salt Lake City it has retained its wild and wonderful character.

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