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What Happened To Winter In The Salt Lake Valley?

By Mia McPherson|February 22nd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Bucephala clangula, catch, Common Goldeneye, crawdad, crayfish, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, eating, feeding, goldeneye, goldeneyes, immature, male, mud bug, park, pond, urban, water, winter|

It is almost the end of February and I'm wondering what happened to winter this year in the Salt Lake Valley. Has winter gone on walkabout? Where is the snow?

Male Belted Kingfisher With His Catch Of The Day

By Mia McPherson|May 16th, 2021|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Belted Kingfisher, bill, branch, canyon, catch, catch of the day, creek, fingerling, fish, kingfisher, kingfishers, male, Megaceryle alcyon, mountains, prey, swallowing, trout|

Three days ago I watched as a male Belted Kingfisher caught a small fish, landed on a branch and swallowed his catch of the day high in the Wasatch Mountains.