Madison County

Spring Means Nesting Birds and Chicks – Please Give Them Space

By |2021-09-23T16:13:44-06:00March 24th, 2017|Categories: American Coots, American Oystercatchers, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ferruginous Hawks, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Madison County, Montana, Nesting Birds, Pinellas County, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Why? Because the image is never as important as the well being and safety of my subject, especially when it comes to nests and chicks.

Welcome September…

By |2023-10-12T05:41:45-06:00September 1st, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Black Skimmers, Box Elder County, Cliff Lake, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Madison County, Montana, Pinellas County, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The first day of September signals to me that cooler weather is arriving so I took a look back at some of the images I have taken in September from 2008 on.

Burrowing Owls and American Robins – Nearly the same size but two very different birds

By |2024-03-01T08:46:24-07:00July 11th, 2015|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Madison County, Montana, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Burrowing Owls and American Robins are about the same size but they are two very different species of birds.

Updating my Wildlife Galleries

By |2024-03-13T15:53:33-06:00April 9th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Pronghorn, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I've been pretty busy lately and one of the projects that has kept me burning the midnight oil is moving my images from the old galleries to my new ones.

Ranching, trophic cascades and predator control

By |2022-05-03T17:40:22-06:00January 28th, 2015|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, Cliff Lake, Conservation, Coyotes, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Utah, Voles|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

This isn't just just a Henry Mountain Range issue, it is a Utah issue. It is an issue where ever there are Coyotes, cattle, rabbits, hares and voles.

Ferruginous Hawk in flight and chicks in a nest

By |2021-09-23T18:55:33-06:00December 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Madison County, Montana, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ferruginous Hawks are the largest hawk in North America which are only found in Canada and the United States and recent DNA analysis suggests that Ferruginous Hawks may be closer to Eagles in taxonomy than that of a hawk.

Male Northern Flicker in its nesting cavity

By |2024-03-07T13:53:32-07:00June 20th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Madison County, Montana, Northern Flickers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was photographing some Pine Siskins along a road in Madison County, Montana when this male Red-shafted Northern Flicker stuck his head out of his nesting cavity in an aspen and surprised me.

Montana is beckoning to me…

By |2024-03-05T09:56:16-07:00May 7th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Birds, Cliff Lake, Eastern Kingbirds, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Gravelly Range, Great Horned Owls, Madison County, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Pronghorn, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks, Short-eared Owls, Swainson's Hawks, Tree Swallows, Wilson's Snipes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Seeing the word "Montana" so often has gotten me anxious, antsy and itching to head north soon to see more of a state that beckons to me because I have fallen in love with it.

Pronghorns

By |2022-12-03T08:56:10-07:00September 7th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Pronghorns are North America's fastest mammal, they can attain speeds of more than 40 miles per hour, with spurts to 70 mph and can out run almost all of their predators.

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