dabbling ducks

Centennial Valley Cinnamon Teal

By Mia McPherson|September 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.

Northern Shovelers blasting off

By Mia McPherson|February 11th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Northern Shovelers, Utah|Tags: adult, Antelope Island Causeway, back lit, bird photography, blast off, blasting off, chaos, dabbling ducks, duck, ducks, flight, flying, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, lake, lift off, Northern Shoveler, shoveler, shovelers, Spatula clypeata, take off, winter|

This morning when we had almost reached Antelope Island I spotted a huge flock of Northern Shovelers blasting off from the water