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Striped Skunk Butt – Skunked By The Weather Forecast

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-29T08:54:37-05:00March 29th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Striped Skunks, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, butt, funny, grass, grasses, humor, mammals, marsh, Mephitis mephitis, raised, skunk, skunks, Striped Skunk, summer, tail, weather forecast, wetlands|

Yesterday I was skunked by a terribly wrong weather forecast so I decided this was the day that I would share one of my Striped Skunk photos taken last year.

Autumn Turkey Vulture Portraits – Why I Held My Breath While Taking These Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-12T06:25:07-06:00October 8th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, autumn, Cathartes aura, close up, portrait, road kill, rousing, skunk, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures|

These autumn Turkey Vulture portraits are among the most difficult images I have ever taken because I was holding my breath and retching while I took them due to the awful odor of a road-killed skunk below the bird.