Utah Bird Photos

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  American Golden-Plover85 viewsSide by side comparison with the more common Black-bellied Plover (which is on the left). Not everyday you get side by side in breeding plumage in Utah. I found 3 AGPL on this occasion along the Antelope Island Causeway in Davis County, Utah. April 2007
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  Day at Night107 viewsTaken at ISO100 with the shutter open for 7 seconds. Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. January 29, 2010
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  Day Camp73 viewsBeaver Dam Slope, Washington County, Utah. March 20, 2010
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  Hudsonian Godwit49 viewsMY first in Utah. Found by Joel and Kathy Beyer earlier in the day, I was lucky enough to have this individual pass by a short time after arriving to look for it. Farmington Bay WMA (wildlife Management Area), Davis County, Utah. April 2007
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  Nanday Parakeet88 viewsTrancas Canyon (Malibu), California. February 19, 2011
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  Nanday Parakeet65 viewsTrancas Canyon (Malibu), California. February 19, 2011

Nanday Parakeet76 viewsTrancas Canyon (Malibu), California. February 19, 2011

Nanday Parakeet68 viewsTrancas Canyon (Malibu), California. February 19, 2011

Nanday Parakeet87 viewsTrancas Canyon (Malibu), California. February 19, 2011

On Freeport, NY Pelagic150 viewsHeading back to port after a long day of birding on the Atlantic Ocean, out of Freeport, New York. December 2, 2007.

Parasitic Jaeger106 viewsI had returned two days after seeing the bird to look at it again, only to find it dead. I collected the specimen, photographed and finally got a positive ID, then donated the skin to the University of Utah. Willard Spur of the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah. September 11, 2005

Parasitic Jaeger102 viewsI had returned two days after seeing the bird to look at it again, only to find it dead. I collected the specimen, photographed and finally got a positive ID, then donated the skin to the University of Utah. Willard Spur of the Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah. September 11, 2005

Purple Sandpiper51 viewsTaken along the east shore of the Lower New York Bay just south of the Verrazano Bridge, Brooklyn, New York. As opposed to several days ago, there were only 2 birds around on this date. December 7, 2007

Vermilion Flycatcher79 viewsMy nemesis bird in 2007, finally knocked off in the last 5 days of the year! Bloomington, Washington County, Utah. December 27, 2007