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Drake Green-winged Teal At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-17T04:43:20-05:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Green-winged Teals, Utah|Tags: alternate plumage, Anas crecca, breeding plumage, dabbling ducks, dead, deceased, drake, ducks, female, flight, flock, flying, Green-winged Teal, hen, injured, male, marsh, paddling, swimming, teal, teals, water, waterfowl|

Yesterday morning I was able to take close up photos of a drake Green-winged Teal paddling away from me at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Barbed Wire Death Trap – Western Meadowlark

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-18T06:31:58-06:00October 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, autumn, barb wire, barbed wire, death trap, deceased, desert, fall, fence, fencing, foothills, hazard, hung up, meadowlark, meadowlarks, mortality, sky island mountains, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark, wildlife friendly fencing options|

Over the past month I thought about whether I wanted to share images and tell the story of this Western Meadowlark that lost its life because of a barbed wire death trap and finally decided that the story needed to be told.