Cinnamon Teal – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cinnamon Teal Hen Lift Off Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-07T05:13:35-05:00April 7th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teals, Utah|Tags: adult, Cinnamon Teal, dabbling ducks, duck, female, hen, lift off, lifting off, marsh, Spatula cyanoptera, spring, take off, taking off, teal, teals, water, wetlands|

I felt delighted to be able to take a series of this Cinnamon Teal hen lifting off from the marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning.

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Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-27T19:37:06-06:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teals, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Cinnamon Teal, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, flight, flying, male, marsh, on the wing, Spatula cyanoptera, teal, teals, wetlands|

On the same morning that I photographed the drake Northern Shoveler flying by at the refuge I also photographed a drake Cinnamon Teal in flight.

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Some Of The Birds Seen At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge During The Month of May

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T06:01:15-05:00May 19th, 2019|Categories: American Avocets, American Bitterns, American Coots, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Blue-winged Teals, Box Elder County, Brown-headed Cowbirds, California Gulls, Cinnamon Teals, Clark's Grebes, Cliff Swallows, Forster's Terns, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitchers, Marsh Wrens, Northern Shovelers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Ruddy Ducks, Savannah Sparrows, Tree Swallows, Utah, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: American Avocet, American Bittern, American Coot, American White Pelican, Black-crowned Night Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Brown-headed Cowbird, California Gull, Cinnamon Teal, Clark's Grebe, Cliff Swallow, Forster's Tern, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Northern Shoveler, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruddy Duck, Savannah Sparrow, Tree Swallow, Western Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

May is a time of renewal at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and as the marsh begins to green up the migrant birds return and along with the year round residents their songs and calls can be heard over the wetlands.

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Photographing Hen And Drake Cinnamon Teals At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-03T04:18:25-05:00April 25th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teals, Utah|Tags: adult, Cinnamon Teal, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, green, growth, hen, male, photograph, photographing, Spatula cyanoptera, spring, teal, teals, waterfowl|

Later in the morning and on the other side of the auto tour route I was able to take images of a hen Cinnamon Teal surrounded by lush, green spring growth while her mate kept an eye on her from a distance.

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Dabbling Duck Shuffle – Plus White Geese Become Gray Geese

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T06:05:30-05:00July 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Cinnamon Teals, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, Snow Geese|Tags: American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Union, Anser caerulescens, AOS, AOU, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, lumps, Mareca strepera, Northern Shoveler, scientific name, shuffle, Snow Goose, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera, splits|

A few more changes in the Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the AOS Check-list have to do with dabbling ducks and "white geese".

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Cinnamon Teal, Short-eared Owl & Red-Tailed Hawk – A Nice Mixture of Birds

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T13:15:19-05:00April 5th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teals, Red-tailed Hawks, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Cinnamon Teal, drake, ducks, grass, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hill, male, owls, Owls of Utah, pond, raptors, red tail hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, sagebrush, shaking, Short-eared Owl, sleepy, Spatula cyanoptera, waterfowl|

It felt great to photograph a nice mixture of birds yesterday and and to be out enjoying the beautiful scenery of northern Utah. Life is good.

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Ducking Out For A Bit…

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:07:53-06:00May 1st, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Cinnamon Teals, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Cinnamon Teal, ducks, Elk Springs Creek, hen, resting, Spatula cyanoptera, teals, waterfowl|

Sometimes after a period of high activity I simply need to rest and relax or duck out into nature's wild grandeur to refresh.

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Centennial Valley Cinnamon Teal

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-07T04:47:05-05:00September 23rd, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Cinnamon Teals, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Cinnamon Teal, creek, dabbling ducks, duck, ducks, eclipse plumage, Elk Springs Creek, male, preening, Spatula cyanoptera, teal, teals, valley, water, wing flap|

Things were "just ducky" earlier this month in the Centennial Valley of Montana and this Cinnamon Teal seemed to be enjoying the warm late afternoon light.

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Things are getting Ducky in Utah!

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T05:06:28-05:00October 1st, 2011|Categories: Birds, Buffleheads, Cinnamon Teals, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Gadwalls, Greater Scaups, Mallards, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake Valley|Tags: Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, autumn, Aythya collaris, Aythya marila, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Bufflehead, Cinnamon Teal, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Davis County, Gadwall, Greater Scaup, Mallard, Mareca strepera, Mergus merganser, Mergus serrator, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Salt Lake County, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera|

Another wonderful change that I have been seeing is that a variety of duck species have been arriving at the Great Salt Lake

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Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal Hybrid Duck

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-09T09:04:56-06:00August 25th, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Duck hybrids, Utah|Tags: adult, Blue-winged Teal, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teal, Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal, cross, ducks, hybrid, marsh, nature photography, northern Utah, photography, Spatula cyanoptera, Spatula discors, wetlands, wildlife|

It wasn't until I pulled the image up on my monitor that I saw that this duck was a hybrid, which turned out to be Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal hybrid.

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