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Photographing Birds During Social Distancing Plus Earthquake Aftershocks

By Mia McPherson|March 23rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, aftershock, aftershocks, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Corona Virus, Covid-19, earthquake, earthquakes, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, mated, mated pair, pair, pandemic, perched, photographing, post, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rousing, social distancing, wooden post|

In the event that our governor does force us into a total lock down I have enough images that I haven't shared here on my blog that I could post everyday for a year and still not run out of photos.

Adult Western Willet Close Up

By Mia McPherson|March 20th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, close up, Covid-19 pandemic, portrait, shorebird, shorebirds, social distancing, spring, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

When the Willets first arrive I often hear them before I see them, they can be quite the chatterboxes early in the spring. Later in the season they aren't quite as vocal.