Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Page 10

Great Blue Heron Icy Plume Season

The ‘season’ begins.

Adult Rough-legged Hawk In Full Flight

Yesterday morning the fog was threatening but it mostly stayed away.

The One Disadvantage Of Photographing Birds In Early Morning

Around here you only have to worry about it in winter. (4 photos)

Adult Male Rough-legged Hawk In Flight

And a series of three wicked snowstorms, the first of which blew in last night.

A Distant Merlin

And my (very good) excuse for such a brief post this morning.

Rough-legged Hawk In Flight, Finally

And fighting lunacy with lunacy… using birds.

Loggerhead Shrike Attempt On Prey

Sometimes the steps involved in a failed attempt on prey are as much fun to watch as success.

Rough-legged Hawk Stretching At Sunrise

I guess I’m becoming a little more tolerant of unnatural perches.

A Couple Of Rough-legged Hawks From Yesterday Morning

Beautiful warm light can make me overlook some shortcomings.

A Pipit, An ‘Almost’ And A Notable Landmark About To Bite The Dust

I finally found some birds yesterday. And I learned some stuff.

An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes

This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.

Incoming Tundra Swan – Duck!

It’s time to start looking for migrating Tundra Swans in northern Utah. But other swans need to keep an eye out for them too, for their own safety.

Marsh Wren Doing What Marsh Wrens Do, Incessantly

I can’t imagine a more prolific songster than the Marsh Wren.

Great Horned Owl In The Marsh

A habitat where I seldom see Great Horned Owls.

Displaying Yellow-headed Blackbird

One of my favorite photos of the species and I didn’t even know I had it.

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