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When Snow Covers The Mountains

By |December 3rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Mountain Chickadees, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

When winter snow closes off my access to the mountains that I love to visit to find birds I find that it makes me feel wistful because I will miss the birds and the calmness I find up there.

Great Horned Owl In Desert Habitat

By |November 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Great Horned Owls, Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area, Nevada, White Pine County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I reached back into my archives and found this photo of a side lit Great Horned Owl in desert habitat that I spotted from one of the dirt access roads that lead to the Mt. Moriah Wilderness of eastern Nevada in 2012.

Light Morph Rough-legged Hawk In The West Desert

By |November 25th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Rough-legged Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There was a stiff breeze blowing and when the light morph Rough-legged Hawk lifted off from the juniper it seemed to me as if he did it in slow motion.

Photographing Urban Birds: American Robins Close To Home

By |November 23rd, 2019|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

During the winter when road conditions get bad enough to make me think about my personal safety driving on the interstate and other roads I enjoy being able to photograph urban birds much closer to home.

Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk On The Hunt In The West Desert

By |November 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It has been a long time since I had a dark morph Ferruginous Hawk in my view finder so when I spotted it hovering over a field I knew I had to stop and get photos of it.

Northern Shoveler, The Rising Sun And Fog

By |November 16th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Shovelers, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Three days ago there was a little bit of fog at Farmington Bay WMA while the sun was coming up over the Wasatch Mountains which set up the conditions I needed to take this Northern Shoveler photo.

Eurasian Collared-Doves

By |November 15th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I first moved to Utah in 2009 I saw very few Eurasian Collared-Doves but now I see them in many locations and sometimes in large numbers.

I’m Looking Forward To Photographing Winter Ducks

By |November 12th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I was at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge a few days ago I saw lots of ducks in the marshes and on the water and I realized that I am looking forward to photographing winter ducks again.

Focusing On Mountain Chickadees Feeding On Douglas Fir Seeds

By |November 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Mountain Chickadees, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I wanted to share two photos of the Mountain Chickadees I photographed yesterday morning that flew in and fed on Douglas Fir seeds.

Male Dark-eyed Junco Close Up At Farmington Bay WMA

By |October 29th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As common as Dark-eyed Juncos are I have surprisingly few photos of them in my galleries and that is why I get excited when I can add a new photo of them to my portfolio.

Searching For Rough-legged Hawks

By |October 28th, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It is currently the time of the year when I start looking for Rough-legged Hawks in northern Utah, the temps have dipped below freezing, there has been frost on the ground and now we've had our first snow.

Photographing The Earth’s Shadow With A Great Blue Heron

By |October 27th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Because I arrived at twilight that morning and had a clear sky I knew that I could take photos of the Great Blue Heron with the blue colored Earth's Shadow and pink Belt of Venus behind it.

Focusing On A Greater Yellowlegs With A Small Fish

By |October 24th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Greater Yellowlegs, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'd watched the Greater Yellowlegs foraging and most of the time the prey was too tiny to see but this little fish was a nice catch for the shorebird and for me.

White-crowned Sparrow Adult Perched In A Hackberry Tree

By |October 23rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed this adult White-crowned Sparrow about two weeks ago in northern Utah while it perched on a hackberry tree on a hill with blooming rabbitbrush in the background.

Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler At Farmington Bay WMA

By |October 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Whatever the gender, I was delighted that the Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler perched in the tree long enough for me to take a nice series of images of it.

Savannah Sparrow On Some Rocks At Farmington Bay WMA

By |October 17th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Savannah Sparrows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Usually when I see and photograph Savannah Sparrows they are on barbed wire, fence posts, railings or on the ground so seeing a Savannah on rocks was a nice change for me.

Male Brewer’s Blackbird Close Up

By |October 12th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was able to take close up images of a male Brewer's Blackbird in the kind of light that showed all of its beautiful iridescent colors with the silky blue water of a pond in the background.

Audubon’s And Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers Perched In The Same Tree

By |October 11th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Here in northern Utah it isn't often that Myrtle and Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warblers are found perched in the same tree but four days ago that is what happened to me.

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