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Bring On The Snow!

By |2023-12-01T04:51:27-07:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Blue Herons, Ring-billed Gulls, Ring-necked Pheasants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Snow is supposed to start falling around 10 a.m. where I live in northern Utah. It might be the first significant snowfall of this winter down in the valley.

Spring Wild Turkey Photos With Snow

By |2023-04-04T04:59:10-06:00April 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three years ago by this date I was already taking Wild Turkey photos in the canyons of the sky island mountains of the West Desert of Utah.

Cedar Waxwing In Willows

By |2022-08-14T04:37:27-06:00August 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I am sharing a simple adult Cedar Waxwing photo that I took four days ago as I sat in my Jeep next to a creek high in the Wasatch Mountains.

High Key Coyote In A Winter Whiteout

By |2022-01-08T14:32:50-07:00January 8th, 2022|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Quite a few winters ago when seeing Coyotes on Antelope Island was more routine than rare I photographed this Coyote in snowy whiteout conditions on the island.

Male Rough-legged Hawk On A National Wildlife Refuge Sign

By |2021-12-17T05:29:36-07:00December 17th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Nine days ago this Rough-legged Hawk resting on a National Wildlife sign in low light was the first hawk I spotted and photographed.

Merlin Memories

By |2024-02-15T03:57:43-07:00October 12th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Merlins, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I noticed in my Facebook memories that four years ago this morning was when I found my first of season Merlin out on the mudflats at Farmington Bay WMA.

High Key Immature Red-tailed Hawk Photos

By |2021-02-19T06:22:17-07:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing two high key type images of an immature Red-tailed Hawk I photographed at Farmington Bay WMA.

Focusing On Adult Male Rough-legged Hawks

By |2023-12-19T08:06:38-07:00November 27th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ten days ago I found and photographed this adult male Rough-legged Hawk as it perched on a Russian Olive tree at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when I was heading home.

Winter Whiteouts – High Key Canada Goose In A Snowstorm

By |2024-02-13T11:06:25-07:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Lately I've been seeing and hearing more and more Canada Geese close to home and that has made me start thinking about winter, snowstorms, whiteouts and high key images of birds.

Black-billed Magpie Portrait In Whiteout Conditions

By |2021-03-25T06:34:18-06:00January 27th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I seem to be on a high key bird photo kick this month so I thought I would add one more of a Black-billed Magpie I photographed in a winter whiteout just a few days shy of four years ago.

Winter Ring-billed Gulls – From Low Light To Afternoon Light

By |2024-03-04T07:32:21-07:00January 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can't say that I prefer one of these Ring-billed Gull images over the other, the low light image is as appealing to me as the one I took in afternoon light. I enjoy them both.

High Key Male Belted Kingfisher

By |2021-03-04T07:10:42-07:00January 3rd, 2020|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday there was a bit of light in the morning so I went to see if there were any birds that could be photographed at my local ponds and I was delighted when I heard the rattling call of a Belted Kingfisher.

Winter Ring-billed Gull In A Whiteout

By |2024-03-04T05:40:04-07:00December 31st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The light was low, big flakes of snow were falling and the ice was covered in fluffy snow so that allowed me to take photos of a few birds that looked like they were posed on a blank, white canvas.

Rough-legged Hawk On A Snowy Day At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2021-11-06T07:15:34-06:00September 14th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I didn't see or photograph as many Rough-legged Hawks last winter as I have in previous years but I did have a close up, extraordinary experience with one who was expelling a pellet on a snowy, foggy day at Bear River MBR.

Adult Tundra Swan – White On White

By |2024-03-20T09:31:45-06:00December 1st, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Swans, Ducks and Geese, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some of the Tundra Swan photos I took that day in near white out conditions were flat and unappealing to my eyes but some of them I really liked because of the white bird on white snow.

Gray Partridges in Snow and Low Light – Frustrations in Bird Photography

By |2021-06-11T15:02:48-06:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Gray Partridges, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The surprise birds of the day were Gray Partridges in an area where I hadn't seen them before and they were feeding close to the edge of the road.

Canada Goose calling in the snow

By |2024-02-13T16:30:14-07:00December 14th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I think I am as excited as this Canada Goose calling in the snow that I photographed in February of 2013 along the causeway to Antelope Island State Park.

Making the most out of low light conditions

By |2023-11-05T04:44:33-07:00January 15th, 2015|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Loggerhead Shrikes, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The last bird I photographed was this male Belted Kingfisher and I was surprised that it stuck around as long as it did.

Red-tailed Hawk juvenile in flight in low light

By |2022-10-04T06:24:18-06:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I could not resist photographing the young Red-tailed Hawk though as it lifted off and flew in front of me after prey even though conditions were not ideal.

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