icy water – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

I Stop For Coots Any Time I See Them

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-14T04:08:45-06:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: American Coots, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, chasing, coot, coots, feathers, Fulica americana, ice, icy water, lobed feet, morning mist, nesting, portrait, resting, shaking, standing|

I've written before that I love American Coots and I guess that will never change, I will stop for coots any time I see them, I will photograph them and enjoy their antics.

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Winter Common Mergansers – A Visual Break From The Summer Heat

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-13T07:50:46-05:00August 30th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Merganser, drake, ducks, icy water, male, marsh, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, serrated bills, snow, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

Back in February there was still snow on the ground, ice on the water and Common Mergansers were at Farmington Bay WMA and some were sporting their breeding plumage.

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Photographing Common Mergansers at Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-13T08:50:10-05:00February 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Common Merganser, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, hen, icy water, kleptoparasites, Kleptoparasitism, male, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, photograph, photographing, swimming, take off, wing flap, winter|

I spent time photographing a few Rough-legged Hawks but my personal choice for birds of the day were the Common Mergansers I observed and photographed.

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Ring-billed Gulls Bathing on New Year’s Day

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-25T05:31:35-05:00January 5th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bathing, gull, gulls, icy, icy pond, icy water, immature, Larus delawarensis, pond, Ring-billed Gull, splashing, urban, water, winter, winter plumage|

The Ring-billed Gulls up close to me were bathing frequently so I focused on them for a bit to catch them splashing and dipping their heads and bodies into the water.

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