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West Desert Juniper Titmouse Feeding On Juniper Berry Seeds

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-12T05:03:07-06:00November 27th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Juniper Titmouses, Simpson Springs, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Baeolophus ridgwayi, berry, bill, bird names, cone, desert, drab, eating, feeding behavior, gray, juniper, Juniper Titmouse, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, nemesis, perched, plain, plural, seed, singular, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Utah Juniper|

Because I have spent so much time out in the West Desert lately I have seen and heard quite a few Juniper Titmice moving through the junipers that dot the slopes of the mountains and foothills.

Preening Brewer’s Blackbird

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-10T07:43:35-05:00October 31st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, blackbird, blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbird, drab, Euphagus cyanocephalus, fall, fence post, male, pond, preening, water, wetlands, wooden post|

I have been seeing plenty of blackbirds lately at Farmington Bay WMA and a few days ago I photographed this preening Brewer's Blackbird on a fence post.