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Wild Utah Mink Tests Positive For Coronavirus

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-02T16:46:36-05:00December 15th, 2020|Categories: American Badgers, American Mink, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Long-tailed Weasels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: 2020, adult, American Badger, American Mink, badger, badgers, burrow, coronavirus, Covid-19, creek, fog, grasses, Long-tailed Weasel, mammals, marsh, mink, minks, Mustela frenata, mustelid, mustelids, Neovison vison, one-eared, rocks, shore, shoreline, standing, Taxidea taxus, vegetation, water, weasel, weasels, winter coat|

I'm concerned for our wild American Mink and have begun to wonder of the coronavirus could be passed to the other native mustelids here in Utah.

Photographing My First Green Heron In Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-16T08:27:04-05:00September 24th, 2020|Categories: American White Pelicans, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Green Herons, Long-tailed Weasels, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, Butorides virescens, duckweed, Green Heron, half blind, hatch year bird, heron, herons, immature, Long-tailed Weasel, marsh, missing eye, Mustela frenata, one-eared, one-eyed, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, rare, standing, sub-adult, subadult, uncommon, wading birds, water, weasel, weasels|

It was a terrific "season opener" for me yesterday thanks to my keen observation skills at Farmington Bay WMA with a Green Heron, one-eared Long-tailed Weasel and a one-eyed American White Pelican.