grebes – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Give Me Winter or Give Me Spring!

By Mia McPherson|February 7th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, back-brooding, bird photography, Box Elder County, breeding season, grebe, grebes, marsh, nature, rushing, spring, Western Grebe, wetlands|

Enough already, if there isn't going to be a winter then bring on the spring!

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Taking A Look Back On A Few Previous Autumn Birds

By Mia McPherson|October 28th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Pied-billed Grebes, Red-tailed Hawks, Red-winged Blackbirds, Ring-necked Pheasants, Tooele County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, autumn, birds of prey, blackbird, blackbirds, Buteo jamaicensis, Circus hudsonius, desert, Gray Ghost, grebe, grebes, harrier, harriers, hawk, hawks, Northern Harrier, Phasianus colchicus, pheasant, Pickleweed, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird, Ring-necked Pheasant, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Photographing birds during Autumn is a wonderful time for me in Utah, the beautiful fall colors delight and enthrall me, the air gets nippy and I find myself feeling a surge of energy whenever I am outdoors.

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Friday Photos – Pied-billed Grebes

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, fall, fiesty, golden, golden water, grebe, grebes, park, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, reflections, urban, Utah, water|

I'm looking forward to the crisp cool air after all the summer heat but most of all I am looking forward to the birds I have missed seeing during the hottest part of the year

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Clark’s Grebes

By Mia McPherson|August 7th, 2011|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Midges, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, Chironomidae, Clark's Grebe, grebe, grebes, midges, nature, water, wildlife|

This spring and summer I've a little been disappointed by how few Clark's Grebe images I have been able to take.

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Spring Fever…

By Mia McPherson|March 27th, 2011|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Cliff Swallows, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah, Western Grebes, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, Agelaius phoeniceus, blackbird, blackbirds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallow, Davis County, grebe, grebes, nature photography, nesting, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Red-winged Blackbird, Setophaga coronata, spring fever, swallow, swallows, warbler, warblers, Western Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

Spring seduces me. Refreshes me. It whispers to me softly to come outside and savor nature and wildlife.

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Eared Grebe – Gray Day

By Mia McPherson|December 13th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Eared Grebes, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Low light, Utah|Tags: adult, Eared Grebe, gray day, Great Salt Lake, grebe, grebes, low light, marsh, most abundant grebe, nonbreeding plumage, North America, Podiceps nigricollis, saline, water, wetlands|

Eared Grebes are the most abundant grebe in North America, there are times I see huge flocks of them on the Great Salt Lake numbering in the tens of thousands.

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Comparing Two Grebe Species

By Mia McPherson|September 1st, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, bird ID, bird identification, comparing, comparison, grebe, grebes, marsh, northern Utah, spring, wetlands|

Two Grebe species that are often misidentified are the Clark's and Western Grebes.

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