Stansbury Mountains

Autumn Wild Turkey Hen Portrait

By |2021-10-11T05:47:59-06:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I found this Wild Turkey hen last autumn as she walked out of the shadows of the forest and into the bright morning light.

October West Desert Views Of Clouds, Mountains, And The Moon

By |2021-10-10T06:19:13-06:00October 10th, 2021|Categories: Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I wanted to share these photos of some West Desert views of clouds, mountains, and the moon because I'd like to be out there seeing and photographing them all.

Remembering Smokeless Days

By |2021-08-09T05:55:21-06:00August 9th, 2021|Categories: Tooele County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The photo I shared today isn't of anything special. It is a West Desert mountain range view. That smokeless blue sky though? I'd give so much to see that again here today.

Ferruginous Hawk, Harvest Moon and the Rising Sun

By |2021-09-23T09:53:33-06:00October 7th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Truthfully I had better luck with the moon and mountains than I did birds yesterday except for one handsome Ferruginous Hawk perched along the road near farm lands.

Great Horned Owls and Horned Larks – Birds with Tufts

By |2024-03-05T09:37:54-07:00April 15th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Great Horned Owls, Horned Larks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Great Horned Owls and Horned Larks are species of birds that have tufts that I photograph regularly here in Utah.

Female Horned Lark and the moon setting over the Stansbury Mountains

By |2023-10-06T04:32:17-06:00March 31st, 2013|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I photograph tons of male Horned Larks but don't have that many images of female Horned Larks, I was happy to find this beautiful female dancing and singing on a boulder in early morning light yesterday in Tooele County, Utah.

The West Desert of Utah

By |2021-06-21T19:06:28-06:00February 29th, 2012|Categories: Horned Larks, Pronghorn, Red-tailed Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Turkey Vultures, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am one of those people who love deserts and the West Desert of Utah is once again beckoning to me. The weather here in Utah is very changeable right now, it can feel like spring one day and the next it still feels like winter but it won't be long before the weather levels out and the west desert will begin to green up.

More Rough-legged Hawks

By |2021-11-06T10:56:21-06:00November 20th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have been very pleased to add so many images of Rough-legged Hawks to my portfolio in just the past week and hopefully these Roughies will stick around until late February of next year so there will be many more opportunities.

Friday Photos – A split second does matter

By |2024-03-28T08:35:16-06:00July 29th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Frustrations in bird photography, Handheld, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For the past two days I have been having an amazing time photographing a family of Red-tailed Hawks; including at least 4 juveniles, in Tooele County, Utah

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