food source

Great Salt Lake Brine Flies – Important Food Source For California Gulls

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-08T16:00:33-06:00July 14th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, California Gulls, Davis County, Utah|Tags: active feeding, brine flies, California Gull, chasing, Ephydra cinerea, Ephydra hians, food source, food web, Great Salt Lake, gull, gulls, hypersaline, immature, Larus californicus, scoop|

Brine flies that live in the Great Salt Lake are an important food source for California Gulls and watching the gulls feed on the flies is fascinating as they use several techniques to catch them.

Blooming Gardner’s Yampah in Southwestern Montana

By Mia McPherson|2017-09-25T05:53:47-05:00September 25th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Common Yampah, edible, food source, Gairdner's Yampah, Gardner's Yampah, Perideridia gairdneri, squawroot, western false caraway, white wildflower, wildflowers|

Earlier this year in July I spent some time in the Centennial Valley of southwestern Montana where I photographed this Gardner's Yampah near Elk Lake.