If you've been following the plight of the monarch butterfly over the past several years, you have heard that their numbers have literally crashed, especially out here in the western…
It's all quiet now but if you've ever been to the Farmington Bay great blue heron rookery during spring and early summer you will be treated to one of the…
Confession time here, I am a full-blown nature geek, through and through. Yes, I really do love bird watching as you might conclude from this blog, but truthfully, between you…
Strike up a conversation with me about butterflies and you will quickly learn I consider the two-tailed swallowtail butterfly one of the most spectacular creatures on earth. And if truth…
Summer is when the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route literally comes alive, both audibly and visually, and a time when bird watching is usually at its best…
Probably the only thing more frustrating than my current mental block while trying to write for this blog as of late is my severe lack of skills for identifying birds…
Due to having "too many pots in the fire", I've recently decided to drop my actual photography website and start posting a little bit about nature photography here instead. It…
I love a good challenge, especially with bird photography. It's a large part of what keeps me coming back, time and time again, to try and capture decent photographs of…
Each summer, I look forward to doing a little bird watching and photography with the quirky little burrowing owls. Antelope Island State Park is the most well-known location to find…
It is with great sadness I report that a great birder and an even better friend, Billy Fenimore, passed away on May 5, 2022, from a month-long battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob…
I will be the first to admit when I go bird watching on a wetland, the American coot isn't a bird that easily grabs my attention, well, until last week,…
One of the best parts of bird watching, at least for me, that is, comes from the occasional and oftentimes unexpected opportunities to find new bird watching encounters. Just last…
If there is something I love more than photographing and writing about birds and the natural world I for sure don't know what it would be. Years and years ago…
Bird watching on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, especially on the refuge auto tour route, starts to really get going in April and May and today was proof of…
Today was such a nice day I just had to get out and take advantage of the sun and warm temperature on a nature walk somewhere. And on days like…