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Female Mountain Bluebird From A Distance And Up Close

By |June 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After a bit the female Mountain Bluebird did something surprising... She flew in so close that I could only take close ups of her as she appeared to forage at the edge of the dirt road.

Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird Defending His Favorite Perch

By |June 10th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The male Broad-tailed Hummingbird lifted off from the perch so I pre-focused on it, listened for him to come back then when I heard the bird get close to the perch I fired off a burst of shots and captured him in a landing position with the vivid color of his gorget showing

Green-tailed Towhee Perched On A Blooming Utah Serviceberry

By |May 31st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Shrubs, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent some time up in the canyons of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday photographing the birds I found including this handsome Green-tailed Towhee perched on a blooming Utah Serviceberry.

Focusing On American Goldfinches Feeding On Dandelion Seeds

By |May 26th, 2018|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The day I photographed the Green-tailed Towhee singing up in the mountain canyon I also had an opportunity to take a nice series of photos of what appeared to be a mated pair of American Goldfinches.

Green-tailed Towhee Singing In A Mountain Canyon

By |May 25th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had fun yesterday morning photographing a male Green-tailed Towhee singing in a mountain canyon, this was a bird I heard before I spotted him perched on a flowering branch.

Photographing a Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in the Wasatch Mountains

By |May 20th, 2018|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

May... the month where baby Uinta Ground Squirrels seem to show up everywhere within their favorite habitats which include shrubsteppe habitat, meadows and pastures with elevations of between 4,000 and 8,010 feet in areas of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.

Photographing Female Yellow Warblers Feeding Their Fledglings

By |May 12th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was delighted to be able to photograph the female Yellow Warbler as she fed her young and to watch the fledgling as it fluttered its wings and gulped down the food the female brought it.

Male American Goldfinch in Breeding Plumage – Small in the Frame

By |May 11th, 2018|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Imagine a bird whose bright yellow feathers rival the rays of the sun then add a black forehead, ebony eyes, black and white wings and you have a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage. Feathered sunshine.

I’m Looking Forward to Photographing Green-tailed Towhees

By |May 3rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Green-tailed Towhees are migratory so I don't see them year round in Utah like I do their close relatives the Spotted Towhees. Green-tailed Towhees spend their winters in the southern most parts of the U.S. and in Mexico and I miss seeing a hearing them while they are away.

Surprise Cooper’s Hawk in the Wasatch Mountains

By |April 28th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are days when one bird can "make" the day great for me as a bird photographer, yesterday that bird was a Cooper's Hawk in a Wasatch Mountain canyon east of Salt Lake City.

Adult and Immature Song Sparrows

By |September 21st, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was able to photograph and adult Song Sparrow eating while perched at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge early in the morning.

Mountain Bluebirds with Juveniles in Summit County

By |June 28th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The young Mountain Bluebird turned and snatched the cricket from the male quickly before any of its siblings could reach the branches.

Cedar Waxwings in a Canyon & Memories of My Grandmother From Long Ago

By |June 13th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was looking through my archives from last year and came across some images I had taken last June in Morgan County, Utah that I hadn't processed yet and I came across these Cedar Waxwing photos.

Green-tailed Towhee Singing in the Wasatch Mountains

By |June 1st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One good bird can make the the day when photographing birds in the field, yesterday that bird was a male Green-tailed Towhee I spotted perched on a shrub in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains.

An Adult Sage Thrasher with Prey on Public Land

By |January 14th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Sage Thrashers, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This adult Sage Thrasher with prey was photographed on public lands in Tooele County in one of the canyons of the Stansbury Mountains last July.

Red-tailed Hawk perched above Elk Lake, Montana

By |October 29th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This past September I spotted an adult Red-tailed Hawk perched high on a rocky canyon wall as it looked out over the cold waters of Elk Lake in Beaverhead County, Montana.

Cow Moose And Her Calf

By |September 5th, 2013|Categories: Moose, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I headed up Skyline Drive at the entrance to Bountiful Canyon to see if I could find any migrating raptors riding the thermals of the Wasatch Mountain Range and while that wasn't a "bountiful" activity finding a Moose and her calf  feeding near a beaver pond was.

Green-tailed Towhee high up on Bountiful Canyon

By |July 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week while heading up the Skyline Drive of Bountiful Canyon this Green-tailed Towhee was singing on top of a shrub and I was surprised when it hung around for about 2 minutes

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