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Three Eastern Bluebird Chicks Fledged Yesterday!

By |July 31st, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning around 9 a.m., the Eastern Bluebird chicks finally took the leap and fledged from their nest. There were three of them.

Eastern Bluebird Nest Box News – Chicks Are Ready To Fledge

By |July 29th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Eastern Bluebird chicks in one of my friend Steve Creek's nest boxes are getting ready to fledge. It won't be long before they start exploring the world.

Northern Mockingbird Chick With A Big Attitude

By |July 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.

Black-tailed Prairie Dogs Of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

By |May 28th, 2025|Categories: Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Comanche County, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've been wanting to share more photos of the Black-tailed Prairie Dogs that I took at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge earlier this month.

Baby Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Pups And Me

By |May 27th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Mexican Long-nosed Armadillos, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A couple of days ago, my friend Steve Creek let me know there were four cute little Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo pups in his yard. Of course I grabbed my camera!

Young Black-tailed Prairie Dog With Parent

By |May 16th, 2025|Categories: Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Comanche County, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm back from Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, where I was thrilled to photograph a young Black-tailed Prairie Dog at a burrow with an adult.

Northern Mockingbird Fledgling Photos From Oklahoma

By |June 21st, 2024|Categories: Birds, Marshall County, Northern Mockingbirds, Oklahoma|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago, I noticed that some Northern Mockingbird chicks had fledged during the day. Later that evening, the plot to the east was mowed up to the fence.

Baby Eastern Bluebird Images From The Day They Fledged

By |April 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In my post yesterday I mentioned that three of the Eastern Bluebird chicks left their nest box in my friend Steve's yard. Today I am sharing two photos of them.

Save Owls By Not Using Rodent Poisons

By |April 3rd, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Horned Owls, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Since spring's arrival, people will be spending time outdoors, and more people will be seeing rats in their yards and gardens. Owls eat rats and other rodents.

Red Fox Kit Photos

By |March 14th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bad weather and bad timing have kept me out of the field for a bit. Today, I am sharing some cute Red Fox kit photos I took almost a year after I moved to Utah.

White-tailed Deer Does Plus A Fawn At Sequoyah NWR

By |March 6th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed these White-tailed Deer does with a fawn last June at Reeve's Slough, which is part of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Late Summer Baby Pied-billed Grebes

By |September 20th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my most recent trip to Bear River MBR, I had a huge thrill. I found four baby Pied-billed Grebes still in their striped juvenile plumage in the marsh.

White-tailed Deer Does And Fawn

By |June 10th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first mammals I photographed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma were deer. Later in the morning, I found these White-tailed Deer does and fawn in a lotus-edged slough.

Some Mammals I Loved In 2022

By |December 28th, 2022|Categories: American Badgers, Davis County, Elk, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Least Chipmunks, Long-tailed Weasels, Morgan County, Mule Deer, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I am sharing some photos of the mammals I loved finding, seeing, photographing and having in my viewfinder in 2022.

More Cute Baby Uinta Ground Squirrels

By |June 6th, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week while up in the Wasatch Mountains with my friend Steve I took more images of cute baby Uinta Ground Squirrels. I simply can't resist them.

Cute Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel Images

By |May 21st, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Cute baby Uinta Ground Squirrel images have become a yearly tradition and desire for me and this week the babies were emerging from their burrows.

Young Yellow-bellied Marmot Pup Portraits

By |May 3rd, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing two portraits of recently photographed Yellow-bellied Marmot pups that I found near their den in desert habitat in northern Utah.

Yellow-bellied Marmot Pup In A Crack In Some Rocks

By |April 4th, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to find and photograph a Yellow-bellied Marmot pup peeking out of a crack in some lichen-covered rocks on the 1st of April in northern Utah.

Squirrel Appreciation Day 2022

By |January 21st, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day around the globe. There are many reasons to appreciate these furry, four legged, cute creatures. 

Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel Photos

By |June 17th, 2021|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was able to take a nice long series of baby Uinta Ground Squirrel photos high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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