Every time I visit Farmington Bay WMA, I am reminded as I drive by a large pile of dirt of the devastating floods Utah endured during the years of 1983 and 1984. That pile of dirt, commonly referred to as Goose Egg Island, is a monument, of sorts, of a natural disaster that changed the […]
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Up until this year, I had never been to the annual Antelope Island Bison Roundup and I was determined that needed to change. I had always wanted to go and check out the roundup, but my schedule just never seemed to line up with the yearly event. Early last Saturday morning, however, I purposely took
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Today, the end of the first week in November, wasn’t the best day to go out and try and photograph birds, but even with the low light from the approaching cold front, I just had to get out of the house and give it a shot. I had been hearing tundra swans on the Bear
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Just a quick update for anyone interested in recent and uncommon bird sightings on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Today, while driving up Forest Street as I was leaving the refuge, I came across a most unusual sight this time of year, especially for bird watchers. 3 snow geese were mingling with a bunch
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When it comes to misunderstood and oftentimes maligned plants, I am certain the thistle is at or, at the very least, near the top of the list of plants society has unfairly condemned as weeds. I, too, gave the thistle plant a bad rap for many years, calling it a noxious weed and cussing it
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I love taking nature and wildlife photographs, so much so it has become my true passion, of sorts, and the driving force behind this blog. Yes, I must confess, I sincerely and truly enjoy capturing nature images with a camera, whatever camera I have at my disposal, that is, and sharing them with others. Couple
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It might seem like a counterintuitive proposition to most newly fledged bird photographers, but I am here to tell the story of how underexposing your bird photographs can indeed make a better image, sometimes. It was about 8 years ago when I was visiting the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge at sunset. My initial intent
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If truth be told, I had no idea what to expect when I headed out early Saturday morning to go watch the annual bison roundup on Antelope Island State Park. This particular event has been on my bucket list for a while now, and for good reason, I might add. It was quite an interesting
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Today was a great day and let me tell you why. I spent most of it at a local nature preserve, the one pictured above, in fact. Yes, you read that right, all day at a wildlife sanctuary and I loved every single minute of it. But with a view like that, can you really
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It’s the last week of October and it is certainly time for a much-welcomed change on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the arrival of the long-awaited tundra swans. (I want to clarify the above image was taken last spring and so far there is no ice on the refuge as of this writing. Ice-up
One of the more compelling aspects regarding bird watching here in northern Utah is the diversity of birds that either migrate through or permanently live in this part of the state. A good reason why we have so many different types of birds here to enjoy, especially waterbirds, is the Great Salt Lake wetlands that
As far as bird watching on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge goes, I can only say it has been a pretty slow and somewhat disappointing year for the most part. But with that said, I will also say despite the dry conditions on the refuge this year, it has had its surprising moments as
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It’s the second week in October and we are already experiencing some dramatic changes to our weather here in Utah, some that might affect the bird watching opportunities on the Bear River Bird Refuge for the near future. A hard freeze warning has been issued tonight for much of northern Utah, including the Bear River
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Each fall, as I mentioned in my previous blog post regarding birding on the Great Salt Lake, millions of shorebirds and waterfowl migrate through the Great Salt Lake wetlands as they head south for the winter. One of the birds that congregate on the Great Salt Lake Causeway during fall migration in large numbers, especially
Bird migration is, for sure, one of the great wonders of nature. Each year during the spring and fall seasons, millions and millions of birds worldwide start to migrate between their summer breeding grounds and their winter roosting areas. Utah, particularly the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, is no stranger to millions of these migrating birds
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