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Mating Greater Sage-Grouse On A Wild Windswept Lek

By |2023-03-16T05:36:47-06:00March 16th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During the breeding season, male Greater Sage-Grouse gather in communal display areas known as leks to perform an elaborate courtship ritual.

Male Short-eared Owl Perched At The Edge Of A Sagebrush Sea

By |2021-04-02T04:23:44-06:00November 5th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am always looking for Short-eared Owls in northern Utah because they are year round residents here but they are nomadic which means I don't always see them.

Photographing Three Short-eared Owls In Northern Utah

By |2021-03-13T11:14:03-07:00June 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't know for sure if I will see another Short-eared Owl to photograph this year but I do know I had fun photographing these three.

One Frigid Morning On A Greater Sage-Grouse Lek

By |2021-03-26T07:24:14-06:00November 21st, 2016|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was 21°F one frigid morning on a Greater Sage-Grouse Lek and before dawn broke the grouse began to display on the high country sagebrush steppe in Wayne County, Utah.

Low light Ferruginous Hawk in Flight with Nesting Material

By |2021-09-23T14:36:46-06:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Ferruginous Hawks, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was able to create several images of this Ferruginous Hawk in flight with nesting materials over a field of sage and lupines despite the low light.

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