If there's one thing during summer that consistently steers my camera lens away from photographing birds it's the monarch butterfly, and, honestly, I am most certainly alright with that. In…
For those of you new to this website, subscribe to and follow this blog for any length of time and two things will become quite apparent; one, I love watching…
It's only the second week in April and, as strange as it may seem, I'm already writing about butterflies flying on the bird refuge, something I wasn't expecting to do…
It might sound odd to hear that I use birds to denote the seasonal changes but I actually do, bird migration is fascinating to me so I watch and make…
Many years ago when I started photographing birds I soon learned firsthand just how hard capturing even a decently composed image of a flying bird really was. The editing process…
It's an annual spectacle of nature that birdwatchers such as myself look forward to all winter, one that brings thousands of migrating snow geese to the small farming town of…
Yesterday, as I drove the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route, I began to hear a most familiar and very welcomed sound, the song of the male red-winged…
It might seem like an obsession, maybe it is to some degree I suppose, but just like the title suggests I'm going to try and photograph every American kestrel I…
For birdwatchers like you and I, the inevitable swapping of the seasons always induces some kind of change in what species of birds we get to watch and photograph. An…
If you follow my Bear River Blogger Facebook Page, and I most certainly hope you do, it will become quite clear I love to photograph sunsets and sunrises on the…
With regards to birdwatching this time of year there are several species of raptors that migrate to and live on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge during winter that are…
On a recent early morning photography trip to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route I had a brief encounter with a red-tailed hawk where, surprisingly, it allowed…
There's an old saying around these parts that simply states if you don't like the weather in Utah just sit tight, it will soon change. I guess, well, for me,…
If you've ever attempted it you will know the task of photographing butterflies on flowers, in general, can be quite a challenge in its own right but to capture a…
If there's a more misunderstood and underappreciated bird than the turkey vulture I certainly don't know what it would be. Let's face it, turkey vultures are a little unsightly with…