If you are like me, an avid bird watcher, you get excited when news of an unusual bird in the area is posted. This kind of news most often causes me to drop what I am doing in hopes of observing and photographing the rare bird. Yes, I am one of those. In past years, […]
Rare Sighting: A Brown Pelican On The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Read More »
If I had any questions before about dandelions being beneficial for butterflies, a natural phenomenon that occurred this past spring certainly removed all doubt. During this enlightening moment, I literally saw first hand in my own yard just how important these early emerging plants are for pollinators. Butterflies do indeed nectar on dandelions and quite
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It’s been a while since I have posted anything on my blog. I initially started this blog to be solely about the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge but this year it has been extremely hard to find the kind of images and stories I like to capture and share since the refuge is currently undergoing
The Hummingbird Migration Has Begun And A Changing Bear River Bird Refuge Read More »
This short blog post won’t have anything to do with the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge per say but rather to show how dry conditions are up in Box Elder County, Utah where the refuge is located. About 20 miles north of the refuge is the small town of Tremonton Utah and today they are
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Let me pose a question to you, why should we care about milkweed? It’s a weed, isn’t it? It can spread like wildfire, both by seed and by root, so why should society care about this seemingly obnoxious and unruly plant? Well, I’ll start by saying it isn’t a weed, at least in my mind
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The American avocet is a summer staple for the avid bird watcher and photographer on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I can attest to that as well since a good portion of my summer is spent on the refuge watching and photographing this lovely bird. Last week, we had a brief and a much-welcomed
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Free Beginning Outdoor Photography workshop for birds and butterflies on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
How To Photograph Birds And butterflies Workshop Read More »
Each year, I partner with the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on their annual swan day to put on a Beginning Outdoor Photography workshop. This year’s event will take place on March 9, 2019 at the refuge visitors center in Brigham City, Utah. I can’t remember how many years we have been putting the photography
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As a bird watcher, have you ever just sat and watched birds, I mean really sit and observe birds doing the things that they do and be intrigued by it? I have and, in fact, I still do, especially when it comes to bird flight. When I was a kid, many a hot summer day
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Bald eagles are a symbol of our nation’s freedom and prosperity. Personally, for me that is, very few birds instill a sense of pride for our country as well as a sense of accomplishment by our nation’s ability to bring back the bald eagle from the near brink of extinction. This Saturday, February 9, 2019,
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I spend as much time as I can each week on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, looking for any new birds arriving to the refuge which, indeed, signals spring migration is close at hand. This winter has been long and cold but it can’t last forever, right? I am starting to see signs of
Recent Sightings: Tundra Swans Read More »
Birds fascinate me, they really do. I have been around birds almost my entire life, in fact. I started raising them when I was about 9 years old and during that same time my father took me on my first bird watching trip to a local wildlife sanctuary. Learning something new about birds and actually
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What compels a man to leave the warmth and comfort of his home, grabbing only pen and paper on the way out the door, and sit inside a frosty vehicle on a windy winters day on a remote wildlife sanctuary, just to capture a few random thoughts for the blogoshere? For me, the answer to
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If you’re a bird watcher, much like myself, you probably enjoy learning new things about the birds we love to watch. One of the things I recently learned during a bird watching trip is what great blue herons eat and, even more so, how they obtain food in the winter when many waterways are frozen,
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Last week, while photographing great blue herons standing on the ice at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, I came across a scene that always makes me ask the question of who should we root for in nature. In nature, we have animals that survive by taking other animals for food. The great blue heron
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