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Interesting Pied-billed Grebe Faux Crash-Dive Behavior

By |2023-11-01T04:20:47-05:00November 1st, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had a great time observing and photographing a Pied-billed Grebe exhibiting Crash-dive behavior at Bear River MBR from the auto tour loop on Monday.

Fall Yellow-rumped Warbler – Urban Birds

By |2021-10-07T06:12:27-05:00October 7th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This has been a weird fall so far and because of that I haven't been out to look for urban birds like this Yellow-rumped Warbler I photographed last year close to home.

Spring And Summer With A Belted Kingfisher Family

By |2021-05-10T04:32:52-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was totally unaware on that April morning that I would be photographing a Belted Kingfisher family for several months.

An American Kestrel attacking a Red-tailed Hawk – How I Messed Up This Shot

By |2023-03-14T05:45:33-05:00February 8th, 2016|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It isn't every day that I have the opportunity to photograph an American Kestrel attacking a Red-tailed Hawk in the air, in fact this would have been my best opportunity.

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