Wildlife

Bison Bulls Fighting In The Snow And Missing My Camera Blues

By |October 2nd, 2015|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This photo of Bison bulls fighting in the snow on Antelope Island State Park was taken the end of December 2014 with the Nikon D810 using a high ISO because it was so dreary that morning

A Pronghorn Buck, wild Sunflowers and the Great Salt Lake

By |September 4th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildflowers, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

As many of my readers know I like to take portraits of the birds and animals I photograph but I also like to take images that show my subjects smaller in their native habitat.

An Injured Long-tailed Weasel and a Snowy Egret Entangled in Rope

By |August 26th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Long-tailed Weasels, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

And this one of the Long-tailed Weasel at the side of the road that shows its face, dark eyes and cute rounded ears but it also shows that the weasel appears to be injured on the left of its nose.

Antelope Island Spiders – An Important Part of the Food Web

By |August 2nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, Prairie Falcons, Utah, Western Spotted Orbweaver|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This coming Saturday, August 8, 2015, is the date 0f the annual Spider Festival on Antelope Island State Park and there should be plenty of spiders to be seen, almost a bumper crop of them!

White-lined Sphinx Moths for National Moth Week

By |July 19th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths, Wildflowers, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday was the first day of National Moth Week 2015 and the featured family of moths for this year are from the Sphingidae family which are commonly know as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms.

Sky Line Drive and Wasatch Mountain Journeys

By |July 16th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Dusky Grouse, Green-tailed Towhees, Moose, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I might need to go wandering up the canyons and Sky Line Drive soon just to see what birds and creatures I can find.

Pronghorn Fawns Cause Me Cuteness Overload

By |June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I can't resist Pronghorn fawns, well maybe I can, but I don't want to and won't! I saw three fawns close together yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and they put me into cuteness overload.

Uinta Ground Squirrels of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By |June 17th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Uinta Ground Squirrels|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Uinta Ground Squirrels are the most plentiful mammals I see during the summer months in the Centennial Valley.

Wilson’s Phalarope And A Midge At Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By |June 16th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Midges, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my recent trip to Idaho and Montana I didn't have many opportunities with Wilson's Phalaropes except for one at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge's Lower Lake.

Juvenile Western Meadowlark and the Great Salt Lake

By |May 24th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have already seen Sage Thrasher chicks on Antelope Island State Park and I suspect it won't be long before I see juvenile Western Meadowlarks learning how to fly and feed on their own.

Pair of Coyotes and a Missing Canine Tooth

By |April 28th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I saw two Coyotes right after arriving on Antelope Island yesterday that were bathed in the soft light of dawn, I can't resist taking images of the beautiful "Song Dogs" that I see and I couldn't resist this pair.

The Great Salt Lake is D(r)ying and Utah’s Water Crisis

By |April 26th, 2015|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Brine Flies, Conservation, Davis County, Eared Grebes, Environment, Franklin's Gulls, Northern Shovelers, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One thing I know for certain is that we can't drink dust.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit after snow storm

By |April 12th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Black-tailed Jackrabbits, Davis County, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't have as many Black-tailed Jackrabbit images as I would like, I need to change that.

Updating my Wildlife Galleries

By |April 9th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Madison County, Montana, Pronghorn, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I've been pretty busy lately and one of the projects that has kept me burning the midnight oil is moving my images from the old galleries to my new ones.

American White Waterlily and a Honey Bee

By |April 5th, 2015|Categories: Florida, Honey Bees, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Once upon a time I paid more attention to wildflowers and insects and photographed them extensively when I had the chance so today I thought I would resurrect one of my old files.

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