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Spring Great Blue Heron Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 17th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, celebrate, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, marsh, marshes, river, spring, survival, wading, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

The first Great Blue Heron was quietly wading through the water in search of prey and the second heron was looking at something in the distance.

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Wondering How the Lone Surviving Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile Is Doing

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: begging, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, calling, close up, first year mortality rate, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, mortality rate, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, survival, vehicle strike, young|

I've been thinking a lot about the lone surviving Red-tailed Hawk from the nest that blew down because of strong winds earlier in June.

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