circling – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Northern Shovelers Feeding On Glover Pond

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T06:20:25-05:00December 21st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Shovelers, Utah, Video|Tags: adult, circling, dabbling ducks, duck, ducks, feeding, Glover Pond, Northern Shoveler, pond, shoveler, shovelers, Spatula clypeata, video, water, waterfowl, whirling|

Early in December while at Farmington Bay WMA I was able to photograph and take videos of Northern Shovelers feeding on Glover Pond.

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Farmington Bay Bald Eagles Close Up And Far Away

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-16T11:53:39-05:00February 17th, 2019|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Eagle, banking, circling, eagle, eagles, extended, flight, flying, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, landing, marsh, mud, raptors, stiff breeze, water, wings, winter|

I'd gotten the long distance images of the Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay that I wanted to take plus close up images of this adult eagle as it flew past me. It was a great morning to be at Farmington Bay.

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Some Of The Joys Of Photographing Birds Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-13T15:20:13-06:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: American Coots, Birds, California Gulls, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: afternoon light, American Coot, Aythya collaris, behavior, Branta canadensis, California Gull, Canada Geese, Circle Display, circling, duck, ducks, female, flight, flying, Fulica americana, geese, goose, grebe, grebes, gulls, hen, Larus californicus, lifting off, open bill, photograph, photographing, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, underwater vegetation, waterfowl|

I spent some time at one of the local ponds yesterday afternoon and came home with photos that made me smile and for a little while I forgot about the long hours I spent getting skunked on the road earlier in the day.

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Royal Terns Courting in Florida

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-21T06:05:50-05:00April 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Royal Terns|Tags: adult, beach, breeding grounds, call, circling, courting, courtship behavior, crest, female, fish, gift, male, parade, prey, Royal Tern, sand, tern, terns, Thalasseus maximus|

The "Circling" courtship behavior of Royal Terns was one that I found interesting because as the male circled the female she moved too and kept her sides facing him.

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Wood Stork in Flight over Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:05:43-06:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Wood Storks|Tags: adult, circling, flight, flying, Mycetaria americana, stork, storks, wading birds, Wood Stork|

When I lived in Florida there were times that I would see Wood Storks at Fort De Soto and once in a while I would get lucky and find them in flight.

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