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Which Bird Do These Feet Belong To?

By |2024-02-24T06:00:14-07:00December 27th, 2020|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

What we can see are greenish, lobed feet and a dark, rounded body. With just those two identification features can you guess which bird these feet belong to?

I Am Never NOT Looking For Birds

By |2024-03-16T13:31:50-06:00October 24th, 2020|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It does not matter where I am or what I am doing, I am never not looking for birds.

Mule Deer Does Crossing A Gravel Road In The West Desert

By |2024-03-16T03:54:39-06:00October 5th, 2020|Categories: Mule Deer, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I found a small herd of does and fawns on a gravel road that leads to the foothills and mountain canyons of the Stansbury Mountains that hung around long enough to be photographed.

My First Desert Tarantula Sighting In Utah

By |2023-10-05T05:03:01-06:00September 11th, 2020|Categories: Desert Tarantulas, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was so excited that I was shaking because the creature I had found was a Desert Tarantula which was my first sighting of one in Utah.

Photographing Elk In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2024-03-08T19:35:30-07:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Elk, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had a spectacular morning yesterday high up in the Wasatch Mountains and among the highlights of the day was a herd of cow Elk moving down a hillside just before 9 o'clock.

Western Meadowlark Walking Through A Puddle

By |2022-08-16T04:27:12-06:00March 12th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

What I like about this photo was the reflection of the Western Meadowlark, the still water, the one raised foot and the curvy edges of the puddle. I feel drawn into the frame.

Herring Gulls At Farmington Bay WMA

By |2022-01-20T02:40:37-07:00February 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Herring Gulls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I like gulls. I love to photograph gulls. I enjoy watching gulls in flight, on the ground, and fighting over food. I just do. I'm proud to be a gull enthusiast.

Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By |2021-10-09T04:10:38-06:00January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.

Photographing Great Blue Herons On The Frozen Marshes Of Bear River MBR

By |2021-04-17T05:17:33-06:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I spent time focusing on photographing Great Blue Herons on the frozen marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Small Flock Of Male Wild Turkeys With One Odd, Dark Tom

By |2021-03-10T09:05:53-07:00October 20th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago I spotted a Wild Turkey tom crossing a dirt road high up in the Stansbury Mountains and to my delight there were several more males following behind him.

Photographing A Cooperative Immature Cooper’s Hawk

By |2024-03-16T14:22:18-06:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I couldn't have asked for a better birdy subject yesterday morning than this relaxed and cooperative immature Cooper's Hawk and I loved the setting it was in too.

Immature Turkey Vultures In Northern Utah

By |2021-03-12T06:21:18-07:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't have many decent photos of immature Turkey Vultures so when I spotted several of them 11 days ago in northern Utah I was excited but my hopes for good light on the hatch year birds were dashed by clouds.

Photographing Young Spotted Sandpiper Chicks

By |2021-05-07T15:22:00-06:00July 31st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Nesting Birds, Spotted Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was able to get back out into the field yesterday and I had a marvelous time photographing young Spotted Sandpiper chicks and learning more about their behaviors near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains.

Why Did The Curlew Cross The Road?

By |2021-01-29T11:00:44-07:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The road is nothing more than a sandy track that runs through a grassland area where in past years I have seen Long-billed Curlews displaying, fighting, courting and mating and I hoped to see that yesterday.

Our American Tree Sparrows Will Soon Be Winging Their Way North

By |2021-03-05T14:35:49-07:00February 27th, 2019|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Before too long these small but handsome American Tree Sparrows will be winging their way north to their breeding grounds in the thickets and open tundra of northern Canada and Alaska.

Yellow-bellied Marmot Pup With A Pale Face In Northern Utah

By |2021-03-01T14:04:19-07:00November 29th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

At one of the burrows where I photographed Yellow-bellied Marmot pups in the spring there was one pup of the five that had a paler face than the other four had and I thought that was interesting.

November California Quail In Northern Utah

By |2022-10-30T15:13:02-06:00November 21st, 2018|Categories: Birds, California Quails, Davis County, Upland Game Birds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I think that both male and female California Quail are striking birds with their head plumes, facial feather patterns, earth toned plumage and scaled underparts so whenever I see them I want to photograph them.

Pair of Cattle Egrets at Farmington Bay WMA Plus My Childhood Memories of These Birds

By |2024-03-02T10:18:41-07:00October 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Cattle Egrets, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first time I remember seeing Cattle Egrets I was a child who had just moved to interior Florida, I think I was in the second grade at the time or about 7 to 8 years old and these white birds that followed cattle around seemed so fascinating and exotic to me.

Coyote Walking in the Shallow Water of the Great Salt Lake Before Daybreak

By |2021-03-03T12:19:08-07:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

In October I spotted a Coyote walking in the shallow water of the Great Salt Lake from the causeway to Antelope Island in pre-dawn light where the water was reflecting the pink clouds of daybreak.

Differences in Photographing Greater Yellowlegs in Florida and Utah

By |2021-08-17T05:42:39-06:00October 29th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are big differences in the ways I photograph Greater Yellowlegs here in Utah than there were when I photographed them in Florida.

Red-tailed Hawk Fledglings And Some Sad News

By |2021-06-14T04:59:41-06:00July 1st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spotted two of the other Red-tailed Hawk chicks that I have been following since early spring and was delighted that they have now fledged and have both learned to fly.

Turkey Vultures – Feathered Gatekeepers

By |2021-03-12T07:18:41-07:00May 17th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Normally I prefer natural perches for my subjects but I rather enjoyed photographing these Turkey Vultures and thinking of them as feathered gatekeepers.

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