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Autumn Coyote In My Viewfinder

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-02T07:14:22-06:00December 2nd, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Antelope Island Causeway, autumn, Canis latrans, Coyote, coyotes, dry lake bed, fall, flats, Great Salt Lake, mammals, marsh, playa, sad, small in frame, walking|

Yesterday I spotted a Coyote in poor light at Farmington Bay WMA that reminded me of a recent photo I took of a Coyote there in late November.

Loggerhead Shrike On A Wild Rose In Front of The Dying Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-16T06:10:13-06:00November 16th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Loggerhead Shrikes, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, climate change, climate crisis, desert, dry lake bed, dying, fall, Great Salt Lake, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, mud flats, perched, playa, Rosa woodsii, rose, shore, shrike, shrikes, water consumption, water levels, wild rose, Woods' Rose|

Had I taken these Loggerhead Shrike photos four to five years ago the background wouldn't have been dry lake bed. It would have shown water. Precious, life-giving water.