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Raggedy Song Sparrow Adult

By |2022-07-25T04:35:31-06:00July 25th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Friday morning while enjoying the cooler temps in the Wasatch Mountains I had this raggedy Song Sparrow adult pop out of a wild rose bush next to my Jeep.

Loggerhead Shrike On A Wild Rose In Front of The Dying Great Salt Lake

By |2021-11-16T06:10:13-07:00November 16th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Had I taken these Loggerhead Shrike photos four to five years ago the background wouldn't have been dry lake bed. It would have shown water. Precious, life-giving water.

Recent Birds I’ve Found In The West Desert

By |2024-02-26T10:14:55-07:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Birds, House Wrens, Lazuli Buntings, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, Warbling Vireos, West Desert, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I made two trips out to the West Desert and today I am sharing a medley of recent birds that I found while I was out there.

Wild Roses Provide Cover for Sparrows, Finches And Juncos

By |2021-10-20T04:59:36-06:00November 21st, 2019|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Box Elder County, Dark-eyed Juncos, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Small birds like these White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos and American Goldfinches need cover that provides safety for them from predators.

Wild Roses in Bloom in Northern Utah

By |2022-07-06T04:38:05-06:00July 1st, 2019|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The wild roses, like many of the other wildflowers, don't bloom for long so I am happy that I took the time to photograph individual blossoms and the top of one of the rose bushes this year

Autumn American Goldfinch and Rose Hips

By |2021-07-04T08:05:46-06:00November 23rd, 2018|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Box Elder County, Finches and Allies, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this week I left home well before the sun came up, sat on my rear end for over five hours, traveled over 230 miles and the only decent image I took was of this American Goldfinch perched on a wild rose surrounded by scarlet rose hips.

Immature White-crowned Sparrows Up In Box Elder County

By |2021-10-20T04:57:41-06:00October 24th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've been collecting images of immature White-crowned Sparrows that I have taken over the past month or so up in Box Elder County because of all the different settings I have photographed them in.

Sage Thrashers, Northern Mockingbird, White-crowned Sparrow and Wild Rose Hips

By |2021-03-07T10:14:55-07:00September 22nd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Mockingbirds, Sage Thrashers, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The birds I photographed on the wild rose bushes were adult and immature Sage Thrashers, an adult White-crowned Sparrow and one beautiful Northern Mockingbird.

Wild Rose hips and an immature White-crowned Sparrow

By |2021-09-14T04:47:00-06:00November 24th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was happy yesterday to take this image of an immature White-crowned Sparrow perched with wild rose hips in the frame too.

Autumn Teasels and a Song Sparrow

By |2021-06-12T11:42:23-06:00October 16th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Song Sparrows, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I did get some images of the Song and White-crowned Sparrows on the wild rose and I like how this Song Sparrow had its back to me but gave me a nice head turn over its shoulder.

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