I don’t know about other birdwatchers but I do get a little bit excited when I realize winter bird photography is just around the corner. This is especially the case when the rough-legged hawks finally arrive on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in November and can easily be seen on both Forest Street and […]
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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, a time of the year when many species of birds have already migrated southward and others are preparing to leave soon. Early this morning, however,
Every once in a while, and for some unknown reason I might add, my mind likes to go off on a metaphorical hiking expedition of sorts, one where it starts to wander and conjure up ideas and opportunities to help people get more interested in one of my favorite activities, birdwatching. As an example, this
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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 birdwatching, bird photography, or just about anything at all to do with wild birds. It can be quite frustrating at times, too, I will admit.
When I first got started photographing nature on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route many years ago, the very first bird that caught the attention of my camera lens was, well, the quirky American avocet and it has been a favorite bird of mine ever since. I was intrigued by not only
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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 wager to guess. What I am talking about is a couple of days ago while doing some birdwatching on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
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 tour route, and noticed, well, how strangely silent the wetlands are right now? I most certainly have and boy is it eerie quiet, to say
Now this may sound strange to some of you but for a long time now, anytime I see an American white pelican in fact, I get this constant craving to someday make the long journey to the very remote and desolate Gunnison Island, a pelican rookery that’s quietly stashed away in the northwest corner of
Each winter I find myself mesmerized by the American kestrel, a somewhat common bird found on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge during the coldest parts of the year. With its brilliantly colored plumage, the male kestrel in particular is a strikingly beautiful bird and one I personally take every opportunity I get to photograph
Have you ever sat and wondered why certain birds have such unique and sometimes odd physical characteristics as they do? Well, I don’t know about anybody else but I certainly do. And this built-in curiosity factor is one of the reasons why I love birdwatching so much, there is always something to learn when it
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Without a doubt, the number one question I get from fellow birdwatchers who follow my blog is when the grebe babies are out and about and can easily be found on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Well, my friends, that time is now as baby grebes, including both Clark’s and western grebes, are making
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There are many things in nature that fascinate me, I mean truly and earnestly grab and hold my attention and admiration to no end. For example, I am enchanted by the monarch caterpillar and its amazing metamorphosis that somehow turns itself into a beautiful butterfly or how a dragonfly can find and pluck even the
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You might be wondering about the title of this blog post but up until yesterday it was actually legal to harvest a trumpeter swan in Utah during the annual swan hunt. Being a birdwatcher myself, I can honestly say I don’t know why it was ever legal to hunt trumpeter swans in the first place,
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I’m not sure of its origin but there’s an age-old adage out there that simply states “Birds of a feather flock together”. But for some reason that proverb doesn’t always hold true to form, at least in the case when it comes to nesting great blue herons, that is. There’s an interesting situation behind this
Have you ever been to a wetland preserve during spring migration and, well, for no other reason just sat and watched the swans? Being an avid birdwatcher, I most certainly have, numerous times, in fact. It’s quite enjoyable to take a little time from the busy, fast-paced modern world we live in and enjoy these
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