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Calls And Songs Of Townsend’s Solitaires

By |October 2nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Summit County, Townsend's Solitaires, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I know where in the mountains to find Townsend’s Solitaires by seeing them, hearing them and by knowing their preferred habitat.

Surprise Immature Osprey In The West Desert Of Utah

By |October 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ospreys, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't know how many times I have said "expect the unexpected" since I began photographing birds while talking to fellow photographers.

Autumn Wild Turkey Close Up Photos

By |September 30th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There were a few times when the Wild Turkeys stood upright and looked right at me as I photographed them and I took full advantage of the opportunity to take portraits of the large birds.

Adult Female Northern Flicker Foraging In Hawthorns

By |September 29th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Northern Flickers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This adult female Northern Flicker and a male were both foraging for hawthorn berries when I spotted them from across a creek high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Rock Squirrel Close Up In A Fragrant Sumac Shrub

By |September 28th, 2020|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Rock Squirrel was grasping a sumac branch and the shrub was so close to me I wasn't even sure I was going to be able to focus on it.

Least Chipmunk With a Fly On Its Head – Things That Make Me Laugh

By |September 23rd, 2020|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are times I see funny things while I am out photographing that tickle me so much that I have to laugh out loud and yesterday that was this Least Chipmunk with a fly on its head.

Warbling Vireo And Fall Colors In The Stansbury Mountains

By |September 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, Warbling Vireos, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When this Warbling Vireo popped into my view I knew if I wanted to photograph it I had to hurry because these small vireos move fast.

American Robins Foraging On Hawthorn Berries

By |September 21st, 2020|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

American Robins seemed especially abundant yesterday high in the Wasatch Mountains and I was happy to photograph them foraging on the ripe berries of a hawthorn.

Photographing Late Summer Nashville Warblers

By |September 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Nashville Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I parked next to a stand of willows to see what birds would come in and it wasn't long before I was busy photographing Nashville Warblers foraging for aphids on the leaves of the trees.

Rock Squirrel Resting On A Lichen Encrusted Boulder

By |September 13th, 2020|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent the morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday where one of the furry creatures I saw and photographed was a Rock Squirrel on a lichen encrusted boulder.

Two Black-capped Chickadee Photos From This Week

By |September 4th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm happy to have had these two little Black-capped Chickadees in my viewfinder this week. I enjoy seeing, hearing, and photographing these perky primarily black and white birds.

Upside Down Nashville Warbler Foraging For Aphids

By |September 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Nashville Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I wanted to share this particular image today and explain how I got this shot of an upside down male Nashville Warbler hanging on a willow branch while foraging for aphids.

Yellow Warbler And A Hawthorn

By |September 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These bright Yellow Warblers are getting ready for their long, fall migrations and while I am happy to see that they seem to have had a successful breeding season it also felt a touch bittersweet to me.

Willow Flycatcher And Thoughts About Fall Migration

By |August 30th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Willow Flycatchers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I took forty-eight photos of this flycatcher three days ago as it watched for flying insects from its perch and I realized that these might be the last Willow Flycatcher photos that I take this year.

The Funniest Yellow Warbler Photo I Have Ever Taken

By |August 29th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I took the funniest Yellow Warbler photo I have ever taken in all the years that I have been photographing birds.

Finally, Nashville Warbler Photos I Am Happy With

By |August 26th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Nashville Warblers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was "over the moon" excited when I spotted an adult male Nashville Warbler out in the open at the top of a willow yesterday while up in the Wasatch Mountains.

In Every Sunset There Is A Promise And A Gift From Nature

By |August 23rd, 2020|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Throughout my life I have liked to think that every sunset has a promise and a gift from Nature in it. The promise that the sun will rise again in the morning.

Immature Male Downy Woodpecker Close Up

By |August 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A few weeks ago while up in the Wasatch Mountains I was able to see and photograph an immature male Downy Woodpecker as it foraged for food in willows and while clinging to a Common Mullein.

Green-tailed Towhees – He? She? It?

By |August 17th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is probably far more information on "He? She? It?" than anyone wanted to see this morning but after photographing the adult and immature Green-tailed Towhees yesterday I thought this was a great time to do this post.

Western Tanager Photos From This Week

By |August 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Western Tanagers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On four out of five trips up into the Wasatch Mountains this week I've been able to take images of immature and female Western Tanagers

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