Salt Lake County

Urban Double-crested Cormorant Photos In Spring

By |2024-04-08T08:39:42-05:00April 9th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While looking at my Common Loon photos from last spring, I came across these Double-crested Cormorant photos that I took at the same time last year.

Male Great-tailed Grackle Looking At… Something

By |2024-03-18T04:41:11-05:00March 18th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I took this photo of a male Great-tailed Grackle, I wondered what the grackle was looking at so intently. The grackle even seemed disturbed by what it could see.

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Cooper’s Hawk – Nearly Hidden And In Plain Sight

By |2024-03-17T04:56:08-05:00March 17th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago, while I was photographing some Rock Squirrels, I saw a beautiful immature Cooper's Hawk fly in and land in a tangle of trees near the squirrels.

Eyes On The Sky – Osprey Migration Is Underway

By |2024-03-15T04:25:46-05:00March 15th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is time for me to keep my eyes on the sky because Osprey migration is underway. Online, in the past week, I've seen them being reported in Montana and Idaho.

More Greater White-fronted Goose Images

By |2024-02-09T06:07:35-06:00February 9th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Greater White-fronted Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I wanted to share more of my Greater White-fronted Goose images I took six days ago. I haven't gone through all of my photos of this goose yet.

Fun With A Goofy Immature Ring-billed Gull

By |2024-01-16T04:52:20-06:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm always ready for fun, and this goofy, immature Ring-billed Gull provided a bit of fun for me yesterday afternoon at one of my snowy local ponds.

Male Mallard Resting In Snow – Connections

By |2024-01-14T04:26:34-06:00January 14th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I visited my local ponds yesterday even though the sky was gray, and snow was falling. While I was there, I photographed this male Mallard resting in the snow.

American Coots Fighting – Pond Pugilists

By |2023-04-30T06:25:56-05:00April 30th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was at my local pond three days ago, I took my best-to-date images of fighting American Coots. I had a blast and laughed a lot while I took them.

Female Great-tailed Grackle Iris Variation

By |2023-04-23T04:45:59-05:00April 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I photographed Common Loons at my local park this month I also took some female Great-tailed Grackle images and today I am sharing two of them.

Migrating Common Loon Photos

By |2023-04-22T03:06:54-05:00April 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I went through more of the Common Loon photos that I have taken since the beginning of this month. I wanted to share more images of these beautiful birds.

Crazy About Common Loons

By |2023-09-08T02:41:25-05:00April 15th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I didn't go out looking for Common Loons. But I found two and they were fighting, calling, preening and getting up close and personal with me.

Landing Double-crested Cormorant Reflections

By |2023-04-14T05:06:26-05:00April 14th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last Sunday, when April and I were photographing birds together, I took images of this adult Double-crested Cormorant landing on funky reflections.

Leucistic American Coot Photos

By |2023-08-07T03:23:19-05:00April 13th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Over the past four months I wanted closer, better photos of the leucistic American Coot that I found on January 2nd. My patience and persistence paid off.

More Urban Common Loon Photos

By |2023-04-12T03:27:26-05:00April 12th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had two mornings to photograph a Common Loon at a local pond. These photos are from the second morning and they show more action from the striking loon.

Great-tailed Grackle Photos After a Spring Snowstorm

By |2023-04-09T02:37:52-05:00April 9th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Taking Great-tailed Grackle photos after our recent spring snowstorm was fun. I had never seen photos of this species in the snow before I took these.

American Robin Photos – Borbs In Snow

By |2023-01-28T04:10:08-06:00January 28th, 2023|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I am sharing four American Robin photos taken three days ago close to home. Each one of the robins looks like a borb in the snow.

Urban Drake Common Merganser Photos

By |2024-01-15T04:08:01-06:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can be way too picky when it comes to sharing my images. Today I'll explain why with these urban drake Common Merganser photos taken at my local pond.

Autumn California Quail Covey

By |2022-10-31T04:08:20-05:00October 31st, 2022|Categories: Birds, California Quails, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While walking along the Jordan River yesterday, I came upon a covey of about 25 California Quail. I was able to get close enough to photograph a few of them.

Spring Male Great-tailed Grackle Portraits

By |2022-04-09T05:35:55-05:00April 9th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I had fun taking spring male Great-tailed Grackle portraits because these males were displaying and not paying attention to me or my camera.

Spring American Robin Photos

By |2023-01-28T06:32:29-06:00April 5th, 2022|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I spent a few minutes taking American Robin photos as they foraged for crabapples at an urban park close to home in Salt Lake City.

It Is Great-tailed Grackle Breeding Season

By |2022-03-27T03:29:24-05:00March 16th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had a fun time at my local pond yesterday because it is Great-tailed Grackle breeding season and photographing these grackles kept me on my toes.

Bathing Canvasback Hen And The Story Behind The Images

By |2023-12-20T03:40:45-06:00January 25th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Canvasbacks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I photographed this bathing Canvasback hen three days ago at a pond close to home I was really happy to see her doing well and doing what ducks do.

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