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American Coots Fighting – Pond Pugilists

By Mia McPherson|April 30th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, aggressive, American Coot, battle, battling, behavior, combative, come to blows, coot, coots, fight, fighting, kicking, knock down, park, pond, ruckus, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah, water, winding down, wing slapped|

While I was at my local pond three days ago, I took my best-to-date images of fighting American Coots. I had a blast and laughed a lot while I took them.

One Frigid Morning On A Greater Sage-Grouse Lek

By Mia McPherson|November 21st, 2016|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, battling, breeding display, breeding grounds, Centrocercus urophasianus, filoplumes, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, lek, males, mating behavior, mating season, sage-grouse, sagebrush obligate, sagebrush sea, sagebrush steppe, yellow eye-combs|

It was 21°F one frigid morning on a Greater Sage-Grouse Lek and before dawn broke the grouse began to display on the high country sagebrush steppe in Wayne County, Utah.