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…
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…
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…
When I left the house early this morning for the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route I'll admit my mind wasn't on monarch butterflies, not one bit, as…
During summer and early fall, if you happen to cross paths with me as I'm driving the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's famous 12-mile auto tour route there's a very…
For me, personally, one of the greatest joys in nature is the long-awaited arrival of the beautiful and iconic monarch butterfly each spring. I can honestly think of no other…
A few days ago, one of our readers here at Bear River Blogger reached out to me about helping get the word out about a monarch butterfly research project conducted…
I've been in full-blown monarch butterfly mode lately, and why not? It's late August, and here in northern Utah, we are at the peak time for finding monarch butterflies, caterpillars,…
As a youngster who grew up on the outdoorsy end of the spectrum, me and my friends would spend hours exploring the nearby fields almost daily during summer, and as…
If you've been following the plight of the monarch butterfly over the past several years, you have heard their numbers have literally crashed, especially out here in the western United…
Confession time here, I am a full-blown nature geek, through and through. Yes, I really do love bird watching as you might conclude from this blog, but truthfully, between you…
Strike up a conversation with me about butterflies and you will quickly learn I consider the two-tailed swallowtail butterfly one of the most spectacular creatures on earth. And if truth…
Today was such a nice day I just had to get out and take advantage of the sun and warm temperature on a nature walk somewhere. And on days like…
Thanks to several days of abnormally warm February weather last week and a couple of very out-of-season butterfly sightings at Farmington Bay, my mind has now started to wander towards,…
There's a saying around my house that states all birds and no butterflies makes Jeff a dull boy. I love bird watching more than just about anything else I do…