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Ten Sandhill Cranes At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|March 2nd, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, barren, breeding behavior, crane, cranes, dance, dancing, displaying, field, foraging, leap, leaping, marsh, mating behavior, migration, sandhill, Sandhill Crane, Sandhill Cranes, sandhills, spring migration|

It was the highlight of my morning to find, observe, listen to, and photograph ten Sandhill Cranes at Bear River MBR yesterday.

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Two Second Skirmish on a Greater Sage-Grouse Lek

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, bitter, breeding behavior, Centrocercus urophasianus, cold, courtship display, dance, displaying, eons, fight, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, lek, sage-grouse, skirmish, spring, timeless, upland terestrial bird, upland terrestrial birds|

The two second Greater Sage-Grouse skirmish was over but only for a few seconds before these two males started back up again.

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