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Looking Back: Common Loon Photos from Spring 2023

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Loon, Gavia immer, loon, loons, migration, over, park, pond, spring, stopping, urban, water, waterbirds|

It has been a year since I was surprised and delighted to be able to take tons of Common Loon photos at a pond close to where I live in Salt Lake County.

Red-tailed Hawk Nesting Season Has Begun!

By Mia McPherson|March 28th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, breeding season, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff, cliff face, female, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, leaping, lichen, lichen covered, lift off, lifting off, male, mated pair, mates, mating, mating season, nest, nesting, nesting season, over, pair, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, rousing, starling|

The female Red-tailed Hawk blended into the lichen covered cliff face so well that even with my sharp eyesight I didn't see her until the male landed next to her.