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Black-billed Magpies ~ It Is Nesting Time!

By Mia McPherson|March 4th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Black-billed Magpies, breeding season, dome, early morning light, flight, flying, Greasewood, landing, lift off, magpie, magpies, nest, nest construction, nesting, nesting material, nesting materials, nesting season, Pica hudsonia, pre-focus, prefocus, snow, sticks, twigs, winter|

This is the third consecutive year that I have photographed Black-billed Magpies working on their nest in this same location on Antelope Island.

Colorful Capitol Reef National Park

By Mia McPherson|September 9th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Capitol Reef National Park, Downy Woodpeckers, Mule Deer, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, autumn, buck, buttes, campground, canyons, clouds, dome, Dome Reef, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, fall, Fremont people, male, Mule Deer, road, rock formations, sky|

The geological features of Capitol Reef National Park are amazing. About 75 miles of the 100 mile long monocline known as the Waterpocket Fold are within the park's boundaries extending from Lake Powell north to the Thousand Lake Plateau.