High Uintas

Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco High In The Uinta Mountains

By |2021-02-20T09:33:46-07:00August 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, High Uintas, Mirror Lake Highway, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I was in the high Uinta Mountains near Washington Lake when I spotted this young Dark-eyed Junco and I was able to take a few images of it before it flew away.

Yellow Warbler High In The Uinta Mountains

By |2021-05-23T04:06:15-06:00May 25th, 2019|Categories: Birds, High Uintas, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The other bird I photographed that day in the high Uintas was a gorgeous male Yellow Warbler foraging in an aspen tree very close to where I sat inside a "mobile" blind at the edge of a dirt road.

Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco, Trial Lake and Mirror Lake Highway

By |2021-02-20T09:35:49-07:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, High Uintas, Summit County, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to photograph a lovely, little Dark-eyed Junco juvenile perched in a conifer near Washington Lake which is not too far from Trial Lake and the Mirror Lake Highway.

Looking at 2016 in the Rear View Mirror or My Photographic Year in Review

By |2024-03-05T06:08:04-07:00December 31st, 2016|Categories: American Bitterns, American Pipits, Bald Eagles, Barn Owls, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Davis County, Double-crested Cormorants, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Horned Owls, High Uintas, Hybrid Geese, Idaho, Leucistic, Montana, Peregrine Falcons, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Red-tailed Hawks, Salt Lake County, Short-eared Owls, Summit County, Targhee National Forest, Tooele County, Turkey Vultures, Utah, Wayne County, Western Bluebirds, Wilson's Phalaropes, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Wow, today is the last day of the year 2016. This is my photographic year in review from Utah, Idaho and Montana!

Red-naped Sapsucker Showing Its Tongue

By |2021-04-11T07:12:47-06:00August 28th, 2016|Categories: Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I came across this image and realized that the Red-naped Sapsucker had its tongue stuck out and I hadn't noticed that before.

Uinta Ground Squirrels in the Uinta Mountains

By |2021-04-18T16:57:45-06:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: High Uintas, Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

One of the Uinta Ground Squirrels stood up and simply looked around right on the shoulder of the road and I couldn't resist photographing it.

Clark’s Nutcracker in the High Uintas

By |2021-10-02T10:29:15-06:00February 6th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark's Nutcrackers, High Uintas, Summit County, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

So, a quick post this morning of a Clark's Nutcracker that I photographed in July of 2008 on my first trip to Utah to photograph birds prior to moving here in 2009.

Juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker in Summit County

By |2021-04-11T07:26:08-06:00February 10th, 2014|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The bad weather here has given me cabin fever so last night I looked through my archives and enjoyed some images from brighter, warmer days and came across this juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker image from my first camping trip to Utah's high Uintas in Summit County.

Juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker in the high Uintas

By |2021-04-11T07:28:37-06:00March 1st, 2013|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker image was taken on my first camping trip in the high Uintas in Summit County, Utah not far from Christmas Meadows.

Juvenile Flycatchers

By |2019-06-02T13:22:47-06:00November 6th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, High Uintas, Summit County, Tyrant Flycatchers, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , |

Near the camp site one afternoon I could hear tiny peeping sounds in the pines and I went to investigate, the sweet calls were coming from these juvenile Flycatchers.

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