Category: Birding
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Most Species In A Single Day (so far)
June 20, 2020Today, the day before Father’s Day, we went to Benton Lake. We started our day at the Fairgrounds so Obi could run some energy off and then we went to Benton Lake NWR. On the way home from Benton Lake we stopped at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park and did a little…
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151 Bird Species For The Year
May 19, 2019 A good day. I saw a Black Crowned Night Heron- perhaps the one that has been haunting the Ponds. When I saw it, it was flying out of the Spring Meadow Resources pond towards Spring Meadow Lake. I watched it fly over the far end of the Lake and gave chase. No…
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Snow In The Morning
Sunday, May 5, 2019Today started out cold and dreary. By the end of the day the sun had broken through and it was relatively nice. Obi and I took a number of short walks and on our last walk of the day, a lovely Townsend’s solitaire posed for us and we found a few harbingers…
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Cedar Breaks – Almost
We drove up to see if the road to Cedar Breaks was open yet. Nope. But we got a glimpse of the grandeur. We had hoped to do a bit more walking than we were able to accomplish, but Obi injured his shoulder jumping off a decently high snowdrift. We packed it in and headed…
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Petroglyphs In The Parowan Gap
Southeastern Utah for a week with 4 people and a dog. Not everyone would think this is paradise. The Sienna is getting a little tight as the girls get older, but they are seasoned roadtrippers now that they are both in their teens. Obi doesn’t love long trips, but he will tolerate one long day…
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Zion NP – Angel’s Landing
We met up with friends and hiked around in Zion NP today. Pretty spectacular. We walked the Pa’Rus trail along the Virgin River for a bit- just to stretch our legs and let Obi get some well deserved exercise. There was not a lot of bird activity in the park, but what we saw was…
Nature, every day. 