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International Vulture Awareness Day 2016

By |2023-09-02T04:21:07-06:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Vultures and condors are scavengers and help to clean up the environment by consuming carrion, road kill and gut piles left from the kills of human and non-human hunters.

Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County – Nature’s Picker Uppers

By |2021-03-12T07:45:04-07:00January 7th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I photographed this Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County last summer it flew from the post it had been perched on and landed a bit further away where it quickly began cleaning its bill

Coyote and Black-billed Magpies Scavenging to Survive

By |2023-12-29T07:48:09-07:00December 29th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One year ago today I found, pointed out and photographed a Coyote and Black-billed Magpies scavenging a deer carcass to survive on Antelope Island State Park.

Ghost Crab at Fort De Soto County Park

By |2021-06-10T04:16:44-06:00December 6th, 2015|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Pinellas County, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am not sure why this particular Ghost Crab was out of its burrow during the day but I was happy that I had the opportunity to photograph it.

Bison, Starlings, Magpies, Coyotes and a Mule Deer carcass

By |2024-02-08T15:44:36-07:00December 30th, 2014|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Coyotes, Davis County, European Starlings, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday was another interesting day on Antelope Island seeing snow-covered Bison, snowy weather, birds and spotting Coyotes at a Mule Deer carcass.

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