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Time For Winter Bald Eagle Photography In Northern Utah

By |December 23rd, 2019|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Box Elder County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

So if you don't enjoy the craziness that can happen at Farmington Bay WMA when the Bald Eagles arrive for the winter just pick an area and go for a relaxed drive to another location.

1000 posts at On The Wing Photography and still going strong

By |February 4th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Capitol Reef National Park, Centennial Valley, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Utah|Tags: , , , , , |

Today I reached the 1000 posts mark for my blog here at On The Wing Photography. In those 1000 posts I've covered a lot of birds, animals and locations.

D.O.T.S. – Dreaming Of The Sun

By |February 1st, 2014|Categories: Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , |

Yesterday I mentioned that I had D.W.B. (Dreary Weather Blues) and after a nice email from a friend last night who reminded me that it is only 7 weeks until the spring equinox I now have the D.O.T.S, better known as Dreaming Of The Sun.

Frosted Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area

By |December 13th, 2013|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I have mentioned in recent posts that winter can be harsh in the Salt Lake Valley in posts with images I had taken at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area so I wanted to share these two images taken there yesterday.

Moon set over the Stansbury Mountains of the West Desert

By |October 22nd, 2013|Categories: Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, western skies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday while in the West Desert in Tooele County the cirrus clouds appealed to me that fanned out over the Stansbury Mountains.

Western Grebe With A Chick Riding Piggyback

By |October 20th, 2013|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Cute Alert! Whenever I see Western Grebe chicks riding piggyback on their parents I can't help thinking that there is a definite cute factor going on right in front of me.

Open our National Parks, Wildlife Refuges and Monuments Now

By |October 10th, 2013|Categories: Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday on the local news I saw that Governor Herbert offered to fund the reopening of Utah's five National Parks which are Zion, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches and Capitol Reef.

It snowed in the Salt Lake Valley yesterday…

By |October 5th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Coyotes, Davis County, Ring-necked Pheasants, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

And it won't be long before I am photographing wildlife in drifts of snow and birds on perches covered in white.

Photographers Beware – Another Way Our Images are Being Stolen

By |October 3rd, 2013|Categories: American Badgers, Centennial Valley, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Issues, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

These developers are scum and Google needs to step up to the plate and make sure the apps have legitimate licenses for the images in the apps or disallow the thieves from ever putting them on Google Play.

Red-tailed Hawk juveniles On the Wing

By |September 27th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of the juvenile Red-tailed Hawks I photographed on Antelope Island last year has "migrated" to Switzerland where my photo of it will be featured on a 5 x 15 meter sign for a yacht company.

My first visit to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area two years ago

By |September 22nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Two years ago I made my first journey to Flaming Gorge National Recreation are in Utah and it was an eye opening experience. Gorgeous scenery, bountiful animal life and to be there during an Indian Summer was divine.

Snow Stalker – Coyote

By |September 18th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Something about seeing this Coyote gave me hope for the human race despite how humans have tried to eradicate them for North America because to me they symbolize resilience

Black-bellied Plover in beach habitat

By |September 15th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Black-bellied Plover was standing on a dunelet that wasn't much higher than the sand around it that had sparse short grasses which I found appealing.

An American Alligator at J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge

By |September 8th, 2013|Categories: American Alligators, Florida, J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

While going through some old files I came across this image of an American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) that I took in 2007 at J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Cow Moose And Her Calf

By |September 5th, 2013|Categories: Moose, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I headed up Skyline Drive at the entrance to Bountiful Canyon to see if I could find any migrating raptors riding the thermals of the Wasatch Mountain Range and while that wasn't a "bountiful" activity finding a Moose and her calf  feeding near a beaver pond was.

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