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Juvenile Lazuli Bunting Images

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Lazuli Buntings, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: branch, bunting, buntings, call, canyon, eating, feeding, grass seeds, immature, juvenile, Lazuli Bunting, morning light, mountains, Passerina amoena, perched, riparian habitat, summer, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, willow thicket, willows, young|

Yesterday I had fun taking juvenile Lazuli Bunting images as several of these young birds rested and moved around eating grass seeds for breakfast.

Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel Eating Grasses In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, breeding grounds, close up, eating, grass, grass seeds, grasses, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, hiding, munching, seed head, squirrel, squirrels, stem, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus|

Uinta Ground Squirrels spend most of their lives underground and because they do they need to make the most of their time above ground matter and they certainly do.