plumage variation

Orange Variant Male House Finch Photos

By |2021-11-10T05:53:24-06:00November 10th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, House Finches|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I had the opportunity to take a nice long series of an orange variant male House Finch while it ate the seeds of a greasewood.

Spring Wild Turkey Tom Displays

By |2024-03-21T16:09:24-05:00March 17th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The last time I was up in the Wasatch Mountains I found a Wild Turkey tom displaying next to some old farm equipment for the nearby hens.

Leucistic Canada Goose

By |2024-02-13T19:29:36-06:00January 26th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I didn't see any American Robins feeding on crabapples yesterday but I did find a leucistic Canada Goose at my local pond.

Male American Kestrel Chest Plumage Variation

By |2024-01-15T10:12:54-06:00January 24th, 2021|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two recent posts on Facebook inspired me to write about male American Kestrel chest plumage variation and to share six images of male kestrels photographed here in Utah.

Smoke Phase Wild Turkey Hen Photos

By |2024-03-21T15:52:57-05:00April 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Someone at sometime had tossed a soda can into the junipers and the Wild Turkey hen walked right in front of it during the few seconds she was out in the open.

Smoke Phase Wild Turkey Hen Plus A Displaying Tom

By |2024-03-21T15:46:05-05:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If I hadn't have been paying attention yesterday I might have missed out on spotting a flock of turkeys in some junipers and photographing a smoke phase Wild Turkey hen.

Canada Goose With White Plumage On Its Head

By |2024-02-13T14:51:04-06:00January 10th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Canada Goose was unusual because it had spotted, white plumage on its head and I was able to take photos of both left and right profile views of its head.

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