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Not A Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly – Other Things With Wings

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2022|Categories: Blue-eyed Darner Dragonflies, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: Aeshna multicolor, Black, black bird, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Blue-eyed, Blue-eyed Darner, canyon, Darner Dragonfly, dragonflies, dragonfly, honeysuckle, insects, Lonicera involucrata, mountains, odonata, resting, Rhionaeschna multicolor, riparian habitat, summer, wildflower|

I love photographing dragonflies so when this darner dragonfly landed in front of me near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I was delighted.

Male Great-tailed Grackle in Low Light Plus Battery Issues

By Mia McPherson|May 24th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great-tailed Grackles, Utah|Tags: adult, black bird, blackbirds, Glover Pond, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, low light, male, pond, Quiscalus mexicanus, spring, wetlands|

Even though the light yesterday morning wasn't optimal for bird photography I took my Mom to the Farmington Bay WMA area to show her around there, we only made it as far as Glover Pond though.