After spending four hours at the Bear River Migratory Bird refuge I decided to wander back home. I ended up taking a backroad to Logan then up US 91 with stops and turn outs. I didn’t see many birds and took pictures of nothing except this one bird that posed and posed and posed. After … More End of the Birding Day
I left Pocatello super early in the morning so I could be at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge before dawn. It was an excellent plan and I was able to see a lot of wonderful birds. Sunrise with Ravens Sunrise over the Wasatch Front Great Horned Owls Red winged blackbird looking for love The … More Early Birding the BRMBR
April 2016 – to West Yellowstone, Mammoth, Bozeman (and rock show), and back to West Yellowstone and home with Shanna, John, & Bill. Trumpter swan, Island Park ID Gibbon river Beryl spring Mammoth terraces Top of the Mammoth terraces Bison Moody terraces Looking down the white terraces at Mammoth Some of us Bison Baby bison Bozeman … More Time Travel: April 2016 Yellowstone
May 13 2016 Bear River with Regina and Katrina on our way to the Great Salt Lake BirdFest Yellow headed blackbird American white pelicans Long billed curlew Wild turkey Western meadowlark Great blue heron American avocet Sunset
May 14 2016 GSL Bird Festival with Regina and Katrina, workshops, dutch oven dinner, and birds, birds, birds Nikon’s Birding Adventures Speaker book, dvds Great Salt Lake Bird Festival Dinner speaker: Julie Zickenfoose. She was a fascinating speaker and author of the book: Baby birds Western screech owl Great horned owl Barn owl Burrowing owl … More Time Travel: May 14 2016 GSL Bird Festival
May 15 2016 Antelope Island with Regina & Katrina Bison sculpture Bison Western meadowlark Great horned owl Loggerhead shrike Burrowing owl Baby ravens American avocets One of three angry bird buoys
While I did a lot of birding this year, most of it was in familiar territory seeing familiar birds. I found it to be very handy since I was learning to use my new camera. Having seen many of these birds hundreds of times I was better able to predict movement and behavior. I did … More Jenny’s List for 2017
On the way home from my Dallas trip in November I stopped by Antelope Island UT to see what birds might still be around. There weren’t a ton, but … First off, I spotted two hawks at a distance the smaller harassing the larger. I was surprised when I got home that I was able … More Antelope Island – 11/18/2017
May 30 2016 Craters of the Moon Trip with John, Bill, and Charissa Spring is the best time to visit Craters of the Moon National Monument https://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm. The black lava dirt blooms with low growing flowers in all of the shades of the rainbow. The days are warm and sunny though frequently windy. Later in the … More Time Travel: May 2016 Craters of the Moon
November 13, 2017: Birds of the Dallas Zoo Melinda and I go to the Dallas Zoo to check out Sydney’s zone. She works there as a volunteer quite a bit. It was a lot of fun to see all the birds and animals. The Hillcrest Foundation Nature Exchange is one of her favorite places. The flamingo pond … More A few birds from the Dallas Zoo
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