Utah’s Lytle Ranch Preserve: An abundance of water in this desert area attracts many birds—including vermilion flycatcher I pulled back the sun roof of the car and glanced up with satisfaction at seeing the late summer sky filled with stars. We had just come over the Black Ridge, about a half hour out of Cedar […]
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A few years ago in a city park on a summer night I stood beneath a broad, big-leafed sycamore watching half a dozen small owls flutter about like moths. They were almost near enough to touch and were apparently unconcerned with me. I was enraptured by them, by the mystery of what they were doing
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Finding birds in Utah is easy. Look for water. That technique worked for my husband and me every time we tried it—beside the Great Salt Lake, in Utah’s corner of the Mohave Desert, along snow melt rivers in central Utah, and out in the western basin and range country. The birds we found in those
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Birding Utah From the black rosy-finch to the California condor, more than 430 bird species have been documented in Utah. A western state, Utah’s predominant habitats include arid deserts and sub-alpine forests. Utah also contains wetlands, sage-steppe, and forest, making it a prime destination for birders. In fact, in Utah it’s possible to visit each
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