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Midges and Birds – Food for thought

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Marsh Wrens, Midges, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, American Avocet, bird photography, birds that eat midges, Chironomidae, Cistothorus palustris, Cliff Swallow, displaying, Marsh Wren, midge, midges, nest building, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Recurvirostra americana, singing, wetlands, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

This is the time of the year that "midges" are as thick as flies on you-know-what at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Spring Fever…

By Mia McPherson|March 27th, 2011|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Cliff Swallows, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah, Western Grebes, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallow, Davis County, grebe, grebes, nature photography, nesting, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Red-winged Blackbird, Setophaga coronata, spring fever, swallow, swallows, warbler, warblers, Western Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

Spring seduces me. Refreshes me. It whispers to me softly to come outside and savor nature and wildlife.

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