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Bird Battle: Belted Kingfisher vs. Merlin

By Mia McPherson|October 13th, 2023|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Merlins, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, aggressive behavior, alpine, autumn, bathed, bathing, behavior, Belted Kingfisher, bothering, canyon, creek, dive-bombed, drinking, falcon, falcons, fall, harassed, interaction, kingfisher, kingfishers, male, Megaceryle alcyon, Merlin, merlins, mountains, predator, prey, riparian habitat, water|

Little did I know that on my last trip up into the Wasatch Mountains, that I would witness a battle between a Belted Kingfisher and my first-of-season Merlin.

Great Blue Heron’s Reaction to an American Egret’s Intrusion

By Mia McPherson|November 20th, 2013|Categories: American Egrets, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Egret, Ardea egretta, Ardea herodias, behavior, bills, close up, egret, egrets, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, interaction, intrusion, portrait, sharp, shoreline, squawked, wading birds, water|

Back in March of 2009 while I was photographing a Great Blue Heron on the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park in Florida an American Egret flew in and walked close to the Great Blue Heron and me.