cold morning

Urban Mourning Dove Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 30th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Mourning Doves, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, chilly, cold morning, dove, doves, fall, foraging, greenway, male, Mourning Dove, park, urban, vegetation, Zenaida macroura|

I'm sharing a few urban Mourning Dove photos this morning that I took close to home yesterday. It was in the upper 20s when I photographed this flock of doves.

Chukars on a cold winter morning

By Mia McPherson|January 12th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Alectoris chukar, Chukar, chukars, cold morning, fluffed up, snow, upland terrestrial birds, winter, winter morning|

It is almost hard to believe that in just two months these Chukars will be fighting for territories as they begin the mating season while there is over 9 inches of fresh snow on the ground where I live this morning.