An American Bison head on in the snow
Yesterday morning started out gray and cloudy on Antelope Island and I photographed a few Bison bulls grazing and charging each other.
Yesterday morning started out gray and cloudy on Antelope Island and I photographed a few Bison bulls grazing and charging each other.
I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve with your family, friends and loved ones.
It has been a while since I have seen Pronghorn on Antelope Island State Park close enough to photograph so I was delighted when they were within my focal range.
I think the 10 Lords A-leaping are hanging up their their shoes after this Western Meadowlark out leaped them!
Lately I've been able to photograph 4 different sparrow species between Antelope Island State Park and Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.
The day in 2011 when I photographed this Rough-legged Hawk was gray but it didn't really bother me to capture this handsome bird in low light.
The past two times I have been to Antelope Island the Black-billed Magpies have put on quite a show and I have enjoyed it.
After a long dry spell for birds on Antelope Island today I was surprised to photograph this Mountain Chickadee, a bird I didn't expect to see on the island.
I can't help but feel sad that we haven't had and good snow here in the Salt Lake Valley yet this year so I went hunting for a snowy Coyote image.
The light and clouds looked iffy this morning but Antelope Island didn't disappoint when it came to bison and birds plus some dramatic light.
Yesterday I was sent the link to Dave Barry's 2014 Holiday Gift Guide in the Miami Herald and as I scrolled through the article and came across my coyote image I laughed so hard tears almost fell.
I have started seeing Rough-legged Hawks again in northern Utah and that has me excited. I have seen them in Utah County and Davis County but I haven't gotten any quality photos of them yet
Personally, I love to see American Robins any time of the year and to watch them searching for prey. Common? Yes, but delightful too.
Today there are great big clouds with small patches of blue sky but two years ago it was very different, we were having a blizzard.
Every day scientists, conservationists and nature lovers are speaking up. Our numbers are growing and we are an increasing force to be reckoned with.
I am very fortunate to live in an area where I can see these beautiful creatures up close and that is some thing I don't take for granted.
Wilderness brings me peace, hope and the desire to immerse myself into it as much as I possibly can.
There is an article about the coyote bounty program in the Salt Lake Tribune that has me ticked off, or should I call it the ignorant name the state gave it, "Mule Deer Preservation Act".
75,326 coyotes in 2013 were "denied" their portion of Nature's gifts when they were senselessly exterminated by USDA’s Wildlife Services
I've been missing Chukars on Antelope Island for the past few months.
Two years ago during the worst of the summer heat I photographed this Coyote and watched while it was pestered and probably bitten by a persistent Deer Fly.
I thought I would share another American Badger portrait that I took back in May of this year on Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah.
I often see this phrase "species in decline due to habitat destruction or fragmentation" or something similar and the frequency of seeing that phrase is most likely to become higher.
We catch up and share stories of birds we saw in the warmer months and reveal the journeys we have been on.
I was ready when I thought this Western Meadowlark was going to take flight but instead the meadowlark took a flying leap towards the ground.
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Yesterday the light wasn't great in the morning but I did get out to take some images an Antelope Island and there were plenty of pollinators out and about.
These words are as powerful and thought provoking today as they were 46 years ago.
When taking any photograph it is possible to be photobombed and I have had my share of those including these two bird images.
I've compiled a medley of images this morning of bees, moths and hummingbirds that I have photographed this past week to share this morning.