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Focusing On Fall Wild Turkey Tom Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-15T05:16:16-06:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, autumn, behavior, close up, desert, displaying, face off, facing off, fall, male, Meleagris gallopavo, portrait, ranchlands, tom, turkey, turkeys, upland game birds, Wild Turkey|

Yesterday morning the first birds I focused on taking photos of were Wild Turkey toms as they displayed for each other on desert ranchlands in northern Utah.

Greater-Sage Grouse Leks In March

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-26T10:37:43-05:00March 8th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, battle, breeding behavior, breeding display, breeding grounds, breeding season, calling, Centrocercus urophasianus, displaying, early morning, face off, facing off, fight, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, lek, male, mate, pops, puffed up, sage-grouse, sounds, spar, sunrise, whistles|

March is a time when my mind wanders to windswept, high country sagebrush steppes where Greater-Sage Grouse will dance, fight and court on their leks as they have done for eons.