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Tundra Swan – Trumpeter Swan Comparison

By |2024-02-22T03:05:12-06:00February 21st, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Box Elder County, Trumpeter Swans, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I hope this comparison helps anyone who might be struggling with Trumpeter Swan and Tundra Swan identification in the field or when they are looking at their own photos.

Fall Male Horned Lark Plus A Bonus Photo

By |2023-10-07T04:35:02-05:00October 6th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning, I spent time photographing a male Horned Lark perched on a barbed wire fence in the West Desert, with Stansbury Island in the background.

Learning More About Collared Tundra Swans

By |2024-02-01T05:50:01-06:00April 3rd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As the Tundra Swans in Utah begin to make their long journeys to their breeding grounds, I wanted to do one more post about the collared Tundra Swans I've found.

Tracking Tundra Swan U915: A Story of Survival

By |2023-11-10T02:44:56-06:00March 5th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three days ago I found a collared Tundra Swan in a flock of swans at Bear River MBR. The blue collar caught my eye and I took photos of the swan.

Ghost Moose With A Tick Infestation

By |2024-04-07T04:16:12-05:00May 12th, 2022|Categories: Moose, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was excited to spot a bull Moose bedded down and nearly hidden from view while I was up in Morgan County high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Cooperative West Desert Red-tailed Hawk

By |2022-09-11T04:43:49-05:00September 13th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I photographed a very cooperative adult Red-tailed Hawk that was next to a road in the West Desert of Utah on a smoky morning.

Immature Lazuli Bunting – Look For The Gape

By |2022-07-21T14:50:59-05:00August 23rd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I photographed this immature Lazuli Bunting three years ago today these images were eclipsed by me finding a rare Baltimore Oriole in the same area of the Wasatch Mountains.

Immature Belted Kingfisher With A Spider Web

By |2021-07-23T05:58:37-05:00July 23rd, 2021|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What I missed seeing was that the immature Belted Kingfisher had spider webs stuck to its face in a long series of photos that I took of it next to a creek in the Wasatch Mountains.

An Adult Male And Immature Western Tanager

By |2021-05-29T05:32:47-05:00August 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Tanagers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was fun to have the male and immature Western Tanager in my viewfinder for a few moments high in the Wasatch Mountains last week. I hope I see more soon.

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