Salicornia

Greater Yellowlegs And Pickleweed Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-04T03:49:03-05:00September 4th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Yellowlegs, Utah|Tags: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, glasswort, Greater Yellowlegs, halophyte, herb, herbaceous, marsh, marsh samphire, perennial, picklegrass, Pickleweed, playa, Salicornia, Salicornia rubra, salt tolerant, samphire greens, Sarcocornia utahensis, sea asparagus, sea beans, shorebirds, succulent, summer, swampfire, Tringa melanoleuca, Utah, water, wetlands, yellowlegs|

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR I had a Greater Yellowlegs land close to me in pickleweeds while I was parked on the north side of the auto tour route.

Eastern Kingbird Perched On Pickleweed

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-15T09:22:14-05:00June 24th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Eastern Kingbirds, Utah|Tags: adult, Eastern Kingbird, flycatcher, flycatchers, Iodinebush, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, Pickleweed, ranchlands, Salicornia, summer, Tyrannus tyrannus, tyrant flycatchers|

One of the birds I was excited to see and photograph yesterday morning was an adult Eastern Kingbird perched on a pickleweed next to the road.