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Mule deer bucks disappear into the landscape.

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A bison bull shows off his winter coat at Antelope Island State Park.

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American kestrel at Antelope Island State Park.

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Black-billed magpie at Antelope Island State Park.

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Winter at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Red-winged blackbird at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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A landscape in the sky.

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As evening falls at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, gulls roost on the first sheets of ice.

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Christmas Day 2024 at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Peace to all.

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This afternoon I drove up Millcreek Canyon in Utah's Wasatch Mountains to find river bell ice to photograph. Its been so warm this December the bells didn't form in areas I've found them in before. However, as I drove higher up the canyon I saw places where the ice has formed, melted and reformed, not in the decorative rows of bells I wanted, but I like the contrasts, textures, colors and forms in this particular location.

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A mule deer doe relaxing on a winter day in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Mule deer doe in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Elk wintering in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

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A blanket of fog gave this young pronghorn buck and the vegetation he was in a damp texture.

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Ring-necked pheasant rooster.

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A pied-billed grebe with its lunch.