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Ferruginous Hawks in Utah

By Mia McPherson|December 26th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ferruginous Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, agricultural, birds of prey, breeding habitat, Buteo regalis, Buteos, deserts, Ferruginous Hawk, flat, foothills, grasslands, hawks, Hawks of Utah, largest buteo, migration habitat, raptors, rolling, sagebrush steppe, saltbush-greasewood, shrublands, terrain, winter habitat, year round|

Knowing what kind of habitat Ferruginous Hawks prefer during all four seasons here in northern Utah can increase the chances of finding them year round.

San Rafael Swell – State Park or National Monument designation in the future?

By Mia McPherson|June 20th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Emery County, Lazuli Buntings, San Rafael Swell area, Utah|Tags: bird watching, birding, bunting, buntings, canyons, cliffs, conservation, deserts, dry washes, geological feature, hidden valleys, Hoodoos, Lazuli Bunting, mesas, National Monument designation, nature photography, petroglyphs, preservation, reefs, sandstone, state park|

I also felt trepidation about the San Rafael Swell area because nothing within this state that is filled with stones is written in stone except the ancient pictographs and petroglyphs.