San Rafael Swell area

Posts from the Past – Wildlife

By |2024-03-13T15:08:29-06:00July 27th, 2014|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Loggerhead Turtles, Red Foxes, San Rafael Swell area, Summit County, The Wedge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am focusing on older posts that have wildlife in them starting with Loggerhead Turtles then going to a Moose, a Midget Faded Rattlesnake and Red Fox kits.

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San Rafael Swell – State Park or National Monument designation in the future?

By |2023-01-05T04:12:04-07:00June 20th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Emery County, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I also felt trepidation about the San Rafael Swell area because nothing within this state that is filled with stones is written in stone except the ancient pictographs and petroglyphs.

The San Rafael Swell – BLM Keep Oil and Gas drilling out and keep the wilderness intact

By |2023-01-05T04:15:32-07:00November 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Rattlesnakes, San Rafael Swell area, The Wedge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

More environmental studies are needed before these lands in the San Rafael Swell are leased, before a well is drilled. Before it is too late to save a species from extinction.

Shades of Blue – Wildflowers, Birds, Sky and Sea

By |2021-10-14T14:26:06-06:00April 17th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lazuli Buntings, Little Blue Herons, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, San Rafael Swell area, St. Thomas, USVI, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was Thinking Pink so this week I thought I would focus on the shades of blues found in wildflowers, birds, the sky and seas.

Lazuli Buntings near the San Rafael River

By |2022-07-11T04:41:12-06:00September 26th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have enjoyed photographing Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) near the San Rafael River at the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area. These images were taken in the spring when the males were high on perches singing to attract females.

Close Encounter of the Snake Kind!

By |2023-01-05T04:08:13-07:00October 15th, 2011|Categories: Rattlesnakes, San Rafael Swell area, The Wedge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent the rest of the trip in the San Rafael Swell area very carefully watching where I put my feet because I didn't want another Close Encounter of the Snake Kind!

Lazuli Bunting males

By |2021-06-01T04:20:53-06:00December 15th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Male Lazuli Buntings resemble bluebirds but they are smaller and the blues are a different hue than the Mountain, Eastern and Western Bluebirds.

Utah Rocks – Really!

By |2021-09-06T14:26:53-06:00November 20th, 2010|Categories: Buckhorn Wash, Man & Nature, Petroglyphs, Pictographs, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Fremont and Barrier Canyon cultures created this rock art on the face of the rock wall at Buckhorn Wash in the San Rafael Sweel area of Utah

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