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One Funny Snowy Egret Photo

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T04:20:38-05:00September 26th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: close up, down, duckweed, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, fall, fish, foraging, freshwater marsh, funny, gulping, head, hunting, marsh, mode, model, morning light, portrait, pre-migration, prey, Snowy Egret, sparkling, specular highlights, upside down, wading birds, water, wetland|

September is a marvelous time for photographing Snowy Egrets in the freshwater marshes that surround the Great Salt Lake.

Focusing On Herring Gulls – Winter Visitors To Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-06T04:54:22-06:00January 9th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Herring Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, breeze, California Gull, clouds, distortion, eating, fish, fishing, frost, gull, gulls, gulping, heat waves, Herring Gull, ice, Larus argentatus, lifting off, marsh, mixed, mountains, photograph, photographing, prey, Ring-billed Gull, sky, snow, snow-covered, swallowing, water, winter|

I know some people don't get excited about gulls but I do and I was thrilled two days ago at Bear River MBR when I spotted and photographed my first Herring Gulls of this winter season.