Davis County

Midges of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and beyond

By |May 1st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Coyotes, Davis County, Midges, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Midges are an important food source for the birds that live and breed in the marshes and wetlands of Utah and they have recently begun to hatch.

The Willets and Biting Gnats are back on Antelope Island

By |April 27th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Willets are moving into their nesting territory on Antelope Island State Park and I am excited about that. What I am not excited about is that the biting gnats (no-see-ums) are back too.

Mountain Plovers – Comparing two similar looking species

By |April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Killdeer, Mountain Plovers, Pinellas County, Rarities, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are a few similar species that occur in Utah and surrounding states that could be confused with Mountain Plovers.

Yellow-headed Blackbirds Are Back In Numbers

By |April 19th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Yellow-headed Blackbirds are filling the marshy areas of Utah with their odd mechanical calls once again as the males court the females for their annual spring fling.

Great Horned Owls and Horned Larks – Birds with Tufts

By |April 15th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Great Horned Owls, Horned Larks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Great Horned Owls and Horned Larks are species of birds that have tufts that I photograph regularly here in Utah.

A Lark, Or Two, Or Four

By |April 5th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Beaverhead County, Birds, Davis County, Horned Larks, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tooele County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The only native true lark that lives and breeds in North America is the Horned Lark.

Today on On the Wing Photography

By |April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Loggerhead Shrikes, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Who knew that one day my photos would be in a book published by National Geographic? I am truly honored.

Springtime Pronghorns on Antelope Island

By |April 1st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

These Pronghorn images were taken a few years ago during the spring and I thought I would share them this morning partly because the yellow flowers in these images; Gray's Biscuitroot, have just started to bloom this year.

Photograph but don’t touch – Wildlife Ethics

By |March 20th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Red Foxes, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I do hope that non-photographers and the general public know that behavior like this is an exception and that ethical photographers would not have gone up and petted the Sandhill Cranes.

Sounds of Spring – Western Meadowlark

By |March 13th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Normally we have Western Meadowlarks year round here in the Salt Lake Valley but because this past winter was harsh it seemed that they moved south for a bit. They are back now and singing their songs of spring.

Side lit American Kestrel

By |March 12th, 2013|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I came across this American Kestrel image yesterday while moving images to a new external hard drive and realized I hadn't edited any of the photos in the series yet, so I did.

The Brine Fly Buffet begins on the Great Salt Lake

By |March 11th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, California Gulls, Davis County, Franklin's Gulls, Great Salt Lake, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Yesterday while near the marina on Antelope Island State Park I spotted my first of the year Brine Flies warming up on some of the rocks in the water.

Iridescent colors of a Black-billed Magpie

By |March 6th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday this Black-billed Magpie turned in flight while I was photographing it which allowed me a great dorsal view that showed the iridescent colors well.

Nesting time for Black-billed Magpies

By |March 5th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There was a sharp, cold wind blowing from the north yesterday and before I was finished photographing these Black-billed Magpies my hands had gone numb.

Snow Geese on the shore of the Great Salt Lake

By |March 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Great Salt Lake, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm hoping to go on a "Goose Chase" this morning, the sky is supposed to be clear so there should be good light and I would be delighted to see some snow, Snow Geese that is!

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