Saturday April 28, 2018 I stayed in Brigham City after visiting Antelope Island. This way I got to bird the Bear River Migratory Bird refuge at dawn. It was AMAZING. Gorgeous morning Displaying male long billed curlew chasing an uninterested female Ring necked pheasant Long billed curlew Black crowned night heron Mallard with Cinnamon teals … More Bear River Refuge
Friday April 27, 2018 I got to attend a library building design conference held on April 27th in Salt Lake City. After the conference was over I zipped up to Antelope Island to check out the birds. 1. Brewer’s blackbirds 2. Red winged blackbirds 3. Loggerhead shrike 4. American crows 5. Common ravens 6. Eared … More Antelope Island
April 15 Birding the Dike Rd in Grand Junction was interesting, not a lot of birds but a great location. Spring is late to come this year. Osprey Great Blue Heron Cute Coot Western Painted Turtles Green Winged Teals Cinnamon Teals — Jenny
I work as a librarian at Idaho State University. This spring I was in a position where I had to go to Meridian to cover library services there on a semi-regular basis. On one of my trips I stopped at two recommended birding spots just off I84 which is my freeway home. I wasn’t able … More Birding Spots along I84 near Boise
For the past several years, the Anchorage Audubon chapter has sponsored a field trip to Seward in February. Seward, AK, which in nice conditions is about a 2 to 2 ½ hour trip south of Anchorage, has quite a different variety of winter birds than Anchorage. It’s warmer and enough south that more birds overwinter … More Seward mid-winter field trip
On my way home from working in Meridian (near Boise) I stopped off in American Falls to see what I could see. There weren’t a large number of species, but there were some awesome birds. I wish I could have gotten the gleam in this magpie’s eye. This was my surprise bird, a Hooded merganser!?! … More Spring at American Falls
I really hadn’t expected to do another post on my WA visit this time. My original plans were to head back to Seattle, do some shopping, and hit the hotel for an early night. But I did a little shopping and realized I was bored with that, so I headed over to Des Moines (yes, … More A bonus WA post
This time with a memory card in the camera. I’d found a full one in my wallet so I copied everything over to the laptop and deleted all the files so I once again had a mostly empty card. (Okay, I need to be clear here: I’m an archivist. I don’t regard sd cards as … More Whidbey Island and slightly north
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
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