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Roadside Green-tailed Towhee Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, foraging, gravel, gravel road, Green-tailed Towhee, grit, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, road, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees|

Two days ago I was able to photograph a Green-tailed Towhee foraging next to a gravel road up in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon, getting these birds out in the open can be a challenge so I was excited that this towhee was in the clear.

Migrating American Pipits in Utah – Pipits Everywhere!

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2016|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, behavior, calling, grit, marsh, migrating, migration, mud, nonbreeding plumage, pipit, pipits, prey, song birds, winter plumage|

American Pipits are migrating through Utah in large numbers right now and yesterday morning at Farmington Bay they seemed to be everywhere!