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Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah

Wild About Utah is a Utah Public Radio production featuring contributors who share a love of nature, preservation and education. Contributors include Bridgerland Audubon Society, Cache Valley Wildlife Association, Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University, Stokes Nature Center, and the Utah Master Naturalists Program from the USU Cooperative Extension Service.

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Great-tailed Grackles

Wild About Utah ·

2024/04/29

My formal introduction to great-tailed grackles was on a birding trip to Box Elder County. We stopped at the Walmart parking lot in Brigham City where Dick Hurren took a cup of cat food and tossed it out in front of our parked car. Then we watched the grackles fly in. We joked, at the … Continue reading "Great-tailed Grackles"

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3:36

Naturally Flowing Carbonated Water

Wild About Utah ·

2024/04/22

If you like drinking carbonated water as much as I do, you’ll be happy to hear you can drink as much as you’d like, -absolutely for free- just north of the Utah border in Soda Springs, Idaho. When settlers heading to California passed through this area on the Oregon Trail, they saw the many bubbling … Continue reading "Naturally Flowing Carbonated Water"

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3:33

Solar Eclipse Behaviors

Wild About Utah ·

2024/04/15

I believe we’re all aware that the amount of light has major influence on wildlife activity, as it does our own, triggering everything from breeding and feeding activity and various behaviors in general. Thus the very short period of light variation during a solar eclipse has piqued my interest. When a total eclipse crossed over … Continue reading "Solar Eclipse Behaviors"

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3:33

Mallard Musings

Wild About Utah ·

2024/04/08

The Bear River Mountains near the Utah/Idaho border are the headwaters of the Logan River, which flows southwest through Logan Canyon, works its way westward through Logan, and converges with the Little Bear and Bear River about 5 miles west of town. All three rivers are halted by Cutler Dam to form Cutler Reservoir. The … Continue reading "Mallard Musings"

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3:40

Delta’s Snow Goose Festival

Wild About Utah ·

2024/03/25

Every Spring the city of Delta, Utah puts out a call to come on down to the annual Snow Goose Festival. Right on schedule thousands of snow geese fly in from as far south as Mexico to fatten up on the spilled grain in the local farmer’s fields, and rest a bit before continuing their … Continue reading "Delta’s Snow Goose Festival"

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3:35

Magnificent Utah Canyons

Wild About Utah ·

2024/03/18

Utah is riddled with the most magnificent canyons on our lovely little planet! Thinking Snow Canyon, Kolob, Zion, Virgin River Gorge, Logan Canyon, Coyote gulch, Big and little Cottonwoods, and several hundred more that deserve mention. I recently returned from leading an outing for 25 USU international students where we split our time between Snow … Continue reading "Magnificent Utah Canyons"

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3:50

Watching Bird TV

Wild About Utah ·

2024/03/04

There are some days that I just don’t have it in me to get outside. Maybe it’s the winter blues; maybe it’s exhaustion from a full day’s work. Either way, there are days where all I want to do is sit in the shelter of my home next to the heat ducts, or under the … Continue reading "Watching Bird TV"

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3:26

Local Sled Dogs-Sheer Joy

Wild About Utah ·

2024/02/26

As the snow continued to pile up this winter, I started to ask around about sled dogs. I soon bumped into a friend who had a friend in Preston who trained and occasionally raced his team of 14 Alaskan Huskies. This musher graciously offered to give me a ride on one of his training runs. … Continue reading "Local Sled Dogs-Sheer Joy"

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3:21

Racoons: Masked Bandit Dumpster Divers

Wild About Utah ·

2024/02/19

Those masked bandits raiding our gardens by night and bird feeders by day, who often wash their food (actually enhancing tactile experience), have human-like highly sensitive hands, love to eat chickens, as do I, and have a very clever brain- an animal full of contradictions much like us human animals. I have deep affections for … Continue reading "Racoons: Masked Bandit Dumpster Divers"

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3:47

Simple Suggestions for Kids in the Field

Wild About Utah ·

2024/02/12

At USU’s Edith Bowen Laboratory School, we call outdoor experiences with intentionality on observing and learning from the world around us, field experiences. With your family, a field experience could be anything from a simple walk around the block to a multi-night camping trip to the vast, High Uintah Wilderness area. Whether you’re a teacher … Continue reading "Simple Suggestions for Kids in the Field"

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Everyone Can Be a Part of the February Global Bird...

Wild About Utah ·

2024/02/05

There are deeply concerning drops in bird populations, and shifting migration ranges and patterns are changing before our eyes, but on the bright side, the crisis presents a strong reason and opportunities for even the most novice birders to be a part of the solution, to contribute to environmental conservation through community science. The Cornell … Continue reading "Everyone Can Be a Part of the February Global Bird Count!"

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3:59

Pony Express & Wild Horses

Wild About Utah ·

2024/01/29

Last month, Tom Williams’ interview with author Will Grant really caught my attention. Will was describing his adventures retracing the original Pony Express route thru Utah with his two horses, Chicken Fry and Badger. When he was crossing Utah’s West Desert, he ran into a wild stallion. The Onaqui herd of wild horses now roams … Continue reading "Pony Express & Wild Horses"

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