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Chukar And Snow

By Mia McPherson|February 11th, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Alectoris chukar, changes, Chukar, chukars, deep, introduced, perched, snow, upland terrestrial birds, walking, winter|

Eight years ago today I was out in the field photographing a Chukar and snow on Antelope Island State Park.

The Winds Of Change Affect My Access To Some Mountain Canyons

By Mia McPherson|November 8th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, caching, canyons, changes, changing, clinging, cones, Douglas fir, firs, mountains, nuthatch, nuthatches, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir, seeds, Sitta canadensis, upside down, weather, wind, winds|

I always feel a sense of sadness when I can't get to those mountain canyons and the birds that live there all year long when they close those gates for the winter.