Is Birdwatching On The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Still Worth It During Hunting Season?

If you haven't heard, a new chapter was ushered in today regarding the seasonal cycle of happenings at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the Utah duck hunting season kicked…

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Why I’m Still Seeing Unfledged Baby Grebes In October On The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Is A Birdwatching Conundrum.

Today's birdwatching trip around the 12-mile self-guided Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route was nothing short of a headscratcher for me, to say the least. It's early October,…

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Some Of The Challenges With Bird Photography You Never Hear About, A Behind-the-scenes Look From Photographing An American Coot.

As I sit at my laptop to work on this blog post my mind has been trying to meander a bit, something quite common when the topic at hand involves…

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“Always Be Observant” While Photographing Birds Is The Absolute Best Advice I Can Ever Give And Today Was Certainly No Exception To That Rule.

Okay, I know what you are thinking with a title like that, and, well, I have to agree with you 100 percent. "Jeff, isn't it pretty obvious and a basic…

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A Sight I’ve Never Seen Before, Hundreds Of Snowy Egrets Sitting On One Corner Of The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Auto Tour Route.

As a birdwatcher, I can honestly say I have never seen it before and I don't know if I will ever see it again, at least in that magnitude I'd…

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Strangely Enough, It’s Not Grain But Something Else The Yellow-headed Blackbirds Want From Late-Summer Corn Fields.

Have you been birdwatching the past few weeks or so on a wetland in your neck of the woods, one similar to the famed Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto…

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