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Neighborhood Cuties: Baby Mallard Ducklings

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-09T04:32:40-05:00May 9th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, babies, baby, dabbling ducks, dappled, duck, duckling, ducklings, ducks, grass, light, Mallard, mallards, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah|

It's hard to ignore the adorable charm of baby birds, which is why I couldn't resist taking some photos of these precious Mallard ducklings yesterday.

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Mallard Ducklings And White Water Crowfoot

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-09T04:28:29-05:00June 28th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, White Water Crowfoot, Wildflowers|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, aquatic vegetation, aquatic wildflower, bloom, blooming, blossoms, canyon, Common Water-Crowfoot, creek, dabbling ducks, duck, duckling, ducks, flowering, juvenile, Mallard, mallards, mountains, native, preening, Ranunculus aquatilis, summer, Summit County, swimming, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, water, waterfowl, White Water Buttercup, White Water-crowfoot, white wildflowers, wildflowers, young|

This morning I am sharing photos of Mallard ducklings and blooming White Water Crowfoot taken in a creek high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Mallard Ducklings In An Alpine Creek

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-28T03:23:12-05:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, aspen, canyon, chicks, creek, cute, duck, duckling, ducklings, ducks, floofy, log, Mallard, mallards, mountains, water, waterfowl|

I know from experience that when I post Mallard photos and write about them here on my site that they don't seem to get as many views as other birds do.

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Female Red-tailed Hawk Brings A Duckling To Its Chicks

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-14T05:05:10-05:00June 25th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, chick, chicks, desert, duckling, eating, female, flight, flying, food, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, nest, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, summer|

A few days ago I saw an adult Red-tailed Hawk fly towards its nest with prey for its chicks, the prey was a duckling.

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Wood Duck Hen with Duckling

By Mia McPherson|2018-01-07T04:55:08-06:00July 5th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Wood Ducks|Tags: Aix sponsa, duckling, ducks, duckweed, hen, pond, waterfowl, Wood Duck|

On the day I photographed this Wood Duck hen with her duckling the duckweed covered the surface.

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Mallard Hen with Duckling at Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-20T04:15:32-06:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Mallards, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas platyrhynchos, chick, dabbling ducks, duckling, ducks, female, hen, Mallard, marsh, waterfowl, wetlands|

Because I was close I wasn't able to get a single image with all of the ducklings and the hen in the frame so I focused on the Mallard hen and with one duckling resting right behind her.

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