Archive for February, 2008

Provo Canyon Elk & Moose

February 19th, 2008 – 1:06 am
Tagged as: Wildlife

I spent most of my free time over the long weekend following the elk in Provo canyon. Unfortunately, the winter has been really hard on the animals. That’s good and bad for viewing them. It means that most of the elk are much lower than typical winters, so they are easy to [...]

Barn Owls

February 17th, 2008 – 8:59 pm
Tagged as: Wildlife

I’ve never had a chance to see owls in flight, let alone photograph them. So when I heard a few other photographers talking about the great owl images they made at Farmington Bay, I jumped off the eagle bandwagon and headed down to the barn owl lot. These buggers are fast! All images [...]

Eagles at Farmington Bay II

February 17th, 2008 – 8:54 pm
Tagged as: Wildlife

Decided to make one more run up to Farmington Bay to see if the eagles wanted to play with me one more time before heading north. Met a couple of the old Farmington standbys who had been there on Saturday, and said the eagles were plentiful. With blue skies on Sunday morning, it [...]

Provo Deer

February 7th, 2008 – 1:34 am
Tagged as: Wildlife

Another night, another quick run up into the hills. I was trying to find the bighorn again, but didn’t see a trace of them. After scanning the mountain for awhile, I spotted a few bucks, still with their antlers on. I packed up the 600 and the monster tripod, and started [...]

Rock Canyon Bighorn

February 4th, 2008 – 11:22 pm
Tagged as: Wildlife

Got off work tonight with about an hour of sunlight left, so I took a run up to Rock Canyon to check on the bighorn. I figured the recent storms would be pushing them lower and lower. I was surprised to find them in the usual location, but I could only spot 3 [...]

Farmington Bay Eagles

February 4th, 2008 – 12:31 am
Tagged as: Wildlife

I’ve been waiting to head up to Farmington Bay now for a few weeks. A few guys on the bogley forum were checking regularly to see when the eagles would arrive. Apparently, they came in last week. Excellent news! I met up with a couple of them to see what all [...]