Glacier County

World Water Day 2023

By |2024-02-02T05:37:24-07:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

National Squirrel Appreciation Day

By |2023-04-11T05:16:42-06:00January 21st, 2021|Categories: American Red Squirrels, Eastern Gray Squirrels, Florida, Glacier County, Juab County, Montana, Morgan County, Pinellas County, Richardson's Ground Squirrels, Rock Squirrels, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Virginia, Wasatch Mountains, West Desert, White-tailed Antelope Squirrels|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

January 21st is National Squirrel Appreciation Day and it recognizes these creatures that some people consider pests while others find them fascinating.

Approaching Chicks Too Close – When Something Should be Said or Done

By |2024-03-05T06:35:36-07:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana, Nesting Birds, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I know that what this person did was not right and the 8 moderators of that group should have said something but in 15 days they haven't said a word about them being too close to the owl chick.

Uinta and Richardson’s Ground Squirrels

By |2021-06-05T03:42:59-06:00April 14th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Glacier County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Richardson's Ground Squirrels, Uinta Ground Squirrels|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

By doing more research I found out that Uinta and Richardson's Ground Squirrels and the rest of the ground squirrels in North America have been changed to Urocitellus.

Short-eared Owl photobombed by a butterfly

By |2021-09-20T04:13:35-06:00May 21st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Montana, Short-eared Owls|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

My only wish for this image is that the butterfly had been as sharply in focus as the Short-eared Owl was but with bird photography you never know what might show up in the frame.

Shades of Gray in Three Bird Species

By |2022-05-10T14:06:34-06:00April 25th, 2015|Categories: Bahamas, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Glacier County, Gray Catbirds, Gray Flycatchers, Gray Partridges, Montana, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been gray for a couple of days and it supposed to be gray until this front passes and while gray days can get me down gray birds lift me back up.

Great Horned Owl fledgling and an old granary

By |2024-03-04T16:56:13-07:00March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning winter is trying to creep back into northern Utah but I am thinking of warmer weather, Montana and Great Horned Owls.

Short-eared Owls photographed in fog and evening light

By |2021-09-13T03:28:28-06:00January 20th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Glacier County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Both images are appealing to me because I enjoy the foggy softness of the female Short-eared Owl image and the warm, golden tones of the male Short-eared Owl photo.

Pair of Great Horned Owls with their eyes on the Montana Sky

By |2024-03-05T08:39:36-07:00January 19th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As I photographed them I saw both Great Horned Owls turn their alert eyes to the sky and although I remember looking up into the sky myself I recall I didn't see anything but the much keener eyes of the owls probably did.

Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana

By |2021-09-20T04:15:49-06:00December 29th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Montana, Short-eared Owls|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two years ago I photographed this male Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana on a fence post on the perimeter of some CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land on an August evening.

Young Great Horned Owl is a Tiger of the Sky in the making

By |2024-03-05T09:21:06-07:00October 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I love the descriptive name "Tiger of the Sky" when referring to Great Horned Owls, they are fierce, fearless and ferocious and the young owl in the image above is a 'Tiger in the Sky" in the making.

Great Horned Owlet on a Montana Farm

By |2024-03-05T05:20:31-07:00March 14th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

People are fascinated by owls, I know I am. It might be that owls have forward facing eyes like this Great Horned Owlet. Those eyes truly draw a person in.

Pair of Great Horned Owls in Montana

By |2024-03-05T09:48:03-07:00February 28th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This mated pair of Great Horned Owls were resting in the opening of an old granary in Glacier County, Montana when I photographed them in June of 2009.

Great Horned Owl fledgling in a Montana granary window

By |2024-03-05T05:26:14-07:00February 2nd, 2013|Categories: Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana, Nesting Birds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Currently throughout the breeding range of Great Horned Owls the owls have either begun to nest or have nested already. Great Horned Owls have a large range and are found in the U.S., Canada and Central America.

Savannah Sparrows in Glacier County, Montana

By |2022-03-14T17:54:48-06:00August 29th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Montana, Savannah Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During my travels in Montana earlier this month I saw loads of Savannah Sparrows and although there were many in southwestern Montana I only photographed the ones on the farm in Glacier County.

White-tailed Deer doe in Glacier County, Montana

By |2022-07-12T06:26:53-06:00August 25th, 2012|Categories: Glacier County, Montana, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In Utah I don't often have the opportunity to see and photograph White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) because they have a very limited range here so I was thrilled to have the chance to photograph this doe close up as she fed between the gravel road and a barley field in Glacier County, Montana.

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