Episodes

  • Utah bats

    Utah bats
    Jul 15 2024
    Most Utah bat species are year-round residents hibernating during the winter. Some species migrate south and remain active all year while migrating species breed in the spring.
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    4 mins
  • Mountain goats in northern Utah?

    Mountain goats in northern Utah?
    Jul 8 2024
    The Utah DWR has no plans to “introduce” goats into the vicinity because they are already here. Biologists are conducting surveys to understand the impacts goats have on endemic plant species to inform management decisions.
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    5 mins
  • Wild About Utah: An auto tour of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

    Wild About Utah: An auto tour of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
    Jul 1 2024
    This ecosystem is full of life. Along this tour we saw at least 15 species of birds: American avocet, coot, great blue heron, cinnamon teal, white-faced ibis, curlew, American white pelican, yellow-headed blackbird, and red-winged blackbird.
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    5 mins
  • Wild About Utah: Canada geese

    Wild About Utah: Canada geese
    Jun 24 2024
    These geese are very adaptable. Where they see open space with a good supply of grass and water, they will move in. Some geese opt out of migration entirely, like the ones who spent last winter at Logan’s First Dam.
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    4 mins
  • Outdoor experiences in high-def

    Outdoor experiences in high-def
    Jun 10 2024
    A hot, sunny, May day was Christmas for my avid 2nd-grade birders, when 35 pairs of high-quality Vortex binoculars and chest harnesses were delivered to our Edith Bowen Laboratory School classroom.
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    4 mins
  • Enhance backyard bird watching when you feed and protect birds

    Enhance backyard bird watching when you feed and protect birds
    Jun 4 2024
    Sites with bird feeders attract more birds over time than those without feeders, and the birds are in overall greater health than birds at sites without feeders.
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    4 mins
  • Outdoor public art retells Utah’s Golden Spike story

    Outdoor public art retells Utah’s Golden Spike story
    May 29 2024
    Early this spring, a semi-truck with a long flat bed pulled into the USU parking lot next to the cemetery and parked. Lashed down firmly on the flat bed was a giant railroad spike, covered in gold leaf and very impressive to see from a distance.
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    4 mins
  • Gila monster

    Gila monster
    May 20 2024
    I’m going to go beyond birds a few hundred million years to their precursors, who thrived long before our feathered mini-dinosaurs evolved. These ancient beings continue to thrive to this day.
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    4 mins