California Quail
California Quail

On my way out of the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, I spied this California Quail perched on a fence.  Serendipity!

Pronghorn
Pronghorn
American Avocet
American Avocet
Bison
Bison
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Horses
Horses

Not wild horses, but roaming free on Currant Creek.

Black-Billed Magpie
Black-Billed Magpie

Heckle and Jeckle looked nothing like this...

Stoat
Stoat

Hiding between steel plates at a construction site.

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Its always nice when the name really fits the bird.  Keep this in mind if you ever see a female Scarlet Tanager.

Snowy Plover
Snowy Plover

Running across the cysts of brine shrimp on the smelly shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Antelope / Pronghorn
Antelope / Pronghorn

This pronghorn (technically not an Antelope) was photographed on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake.

Western Willet
Western Willet
Brewer's Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

I followed this bird for hours, but never found any beer.

Western Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

Foraging in Farmington Bay

Eared Grebe
Eared Grebe

This species is dependent on two lakes, Mono Lake in California and the Great Salt Lake.

Sora
Sora

More often heard and not seen, this Sora appeared briefly before skittering across the water and into more cover.

Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American White Pelican
American White Pelican
Dark Morph Red-Tailed Hawk
Dark Morph Red-Tailed Hawk
Coyote
Coyote

With the waters receding in the Great Salt Lake, Coyotes can now reach nesting colonies of White Pelicans, with disasterous results.

Long-Billed Curlew
Long-Billed Curlew