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Help Stop the Utah Crow Hunt – Part II – UPDATE: The Utah Wildlife Board foolishly approved a Crow Hunt for Utah

By |July 11th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Fish Crows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This is a follow up on my post from yesterday titled "Help Stop the Utah Crow Hunt" and deals with the codes of the Division of Wildlife Resources and Wildlife Board.

Help Stop the Utah Crow Hunt – UPDATE: The Utah Wildlife Board foolishly approved a Crow Hunt for Utah

By |July 10th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Common Ravens, Fish Crows, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If the proposed crow hunt isn't stopped Common Ravens; fully protected under the MBTA, will almost certainly be killed this coming September because of mistaken identity.

Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

By |July 8th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The amazing birds and animals keep me going back to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge but the scenery and wildness of the area does too.

Adult Burrowing Owl and the Great Salt Lake

By |June 24th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Burrowing Owls are one of my favorite subjects to photograph and to get one perched with the Great Salt Lake in the background was wonderful.

San Rafael Swell – State Park or National Monument Designation In The Future?

By |June 20th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Emery County, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I also felt trepidation about the San Rafael Swell area because nothing within this state that is filled with stones is written in stone except the ancient pictographs and petroglyphs.

Longing for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By |June 17th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is raining here in the valley this morning and snow is falling in the high country in the middle of June so I am sitting here dreaming of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Comforting and Changing Scenery – Centennial Valley, Montana

By |June 5th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I know. We never know when things in our lives will change but I had come to depend of seeing that dear old barn on each journey through the Centennial Valley of Montana.

An Osprey With Its Feet Entangled By Filamentous Algae

By |May 31st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lettuce Lake Regional Park, Ospreys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this Osprey at Lettuce Lake Regional Park from the observation tower, the Osprey had tried to catch a fish but came up with just the filamentous algae in its talons.

Bison Babies And Lewis’s Flax

By |May 24th, 2014|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Lewis's Flax are blooming on Antelope Island right now and to my delight there was a large herd of American Bison and their calves resting and grazing among the wildflowers yesterday morning.

Highlights from yesterdays trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |May 17th, 2014|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Marsh Wrens, Muskrats, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is always a delight and I never know exactly what I might see when I am there which suits my spontaneous nature perfectly.

Morning With The Wild Horses Of The West Desert

By |May 6th, 2014|Categories: Mustangs, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Horses|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I checked one of the items off of my bucket list yesterday morning when I spent time photographing, observing and being surrounded by a herd of wild Horses.

Earth Day 2014

By |April 22nd, 2014|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Capitol Reef National Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is Earth Day and I wanted to write about it this morning. A LOT of good has come from everyone's involvement in Earth Day but there is still so much to be done.

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