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Happy Father’s Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Spotted Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Actitis macularia, adult, canyon, creek, dads, incubating, mountains, perched, riparian habitat, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, Spotted Sandpiper, spring, stump, water|

Why would I select a sandpiper photograph to express my Happy Father's Day wishes to all the dads out there?

Nesting Western Grebe Plus Good News On The Parleys Canyon Fire

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, breeding season, checking, eggs, grebe, grebes, incubate, incubating, marsh, nest, nesting, settling, summer, turn, turning, Utah, water, Western Grebe, wetlands|

One year ago today I found a nesting Western Grebe with two eggs at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I realized yesterday that I had never shared photos of it.