droplets – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Common Merganser Portrait With Water Droplets

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-31T09:32:08-05:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: bow wave, close up, Common Merganser spring, diving ducks, droplets, duck, ducks, First Spring, immature, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, park, pond, portrait, urban, water|

A simple portrait of a Common Merganser, featuring water droplets and a bow wave, is what I wanted to share this morning. The photo was taken at my local pond.

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Migrating Common Loon Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-22T03:06:54-05:00April 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Loon, cute, drinking, droplets, eye, flapping, foot, Gavia immer, head tilt, loon, loons, park, pond, raised, red, Salt Lake County, sneaking, splashing, spring, stretching, swimming, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds, wing lift, wings|

I went through more of the Common Loon photos that I have taken since the beginning of this month. I wanted to share more images of these beautiful birds.

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Big & Beautiful: Tundra Swans of Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-05T03:22:54-06:00March 3rd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, bath, bathing, bill, close, Cygnus columbianus, droplets, flight, flock, flying, goofy, ice shelf, immature, marsh, nips, Promontory Mountains, relaxing, resting, sky, snow, spot, swans, Tundra Swan, walking, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter, young|

Yesterday morning I spent time with a flock of big, beautiful Tundra Swans at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I loved every moment that I had with the swans.

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Focusing On American Coot Photos At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-11T04:54:43-06:00January 11th, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, big, checking, coot, coots, Davis County, droplets, eating, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, feeding, feet, foot, forating, frost, frosty, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, green, ice, lifted, marsh, out, rest, sip, thin, Utah, vegetation, water, wetland, winter|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time focusing on taking American Coot photos in the marshes and wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA. I adore these goofy birds.

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Angry Birds – Featuring A Western Grebe

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-19T16:02:57-05:00July 3rd, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus occidentalis, angry birds, anthropomorphizing, droplets, grebe, grebes, head on, marsh, shaking' water, spray, Western Grebe, wetlands|

I know that is probably anthropomorphizing but I do allow myself to giggle about birds I think look "angry" and if any of them do this Western Grebe certainly does.

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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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