afternoon – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Six Canvasback Hen Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-20T04:49:57-06:00December 20th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Canvasbacks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, Aythya valisineria, Canvasback, coy, diving ducks, duck, ducks, female, flight, flying, hen, park, pond, preening, sunny, urban, water, winter|

This morning, I'm sharing six Canvasback hen photos that were taken two winters ago. I found the hen mixed in with other ducks at my local pond.

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Urban Ruddy Duck Drake

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-26T04:23:47-06:00November 26th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Ruddy Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, autumn, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, male, nonbreeding plumage, Oxyura jamaicensis, park, pond, Ruddy Duck, urban, water, windy|

Even though it was windy yesterday afternoon, I spent a few minutes with a Ruddy Duck drake in my viewfinder at my local pond. I hoped that he would get closer.

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Christmas Day American Kestrel

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-25T05:45:40-06:00December 25th, 2022|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, afternoon, American Kestrel, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, clouds, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, Falcons of Utah, haze, hazy, male, marsh, mountains, peaks, perched, sky, snow, Wasatch Mountain Range, Wasatch Mountains, wetlands, winter, winter inversion, wooden post|

I photographed this Christmas Day American Kestrel in 2020 at Farmington Bay WMA. That Christmas Day was bright and sunny, today isn't going to be at all.

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Drake Redhead Photos Taken in Different Lighting Conditions

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-17T06:29:33-06:00July 30th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, Aythya americana, clear, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, low light, male, morning, pond, Redhead, snow, snowy, urban, waterfowl, winter|

I enjoy viewing the image of the drake Redhead on the snowy January morning just as much as the drake Redhead photo on a clear February afternoon, they both show the ducks doing what ducks do no matter what the weather is doing.

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The Dunlin gets the worm

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-11T12:41:23-05:00August 17th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, afternoon, autumn, Calidris alpina, coastal, droplets, Dunlin, dunlins, fall, nonbreeding plumage, prey, sea worm, shorebirds, tidal lagoon, Tubeworm, water, worm|

I wanted to post a shorebird today that I haven't posted in a while so I picked this image where the late afternoon Dunlin gets the worm

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