open water – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Heron Slip Slidin’ Away

By Mia McPherson|2023-02-16T04:41:36-06:00February 16th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, ice, icy, jumping, landing, marsh, open water, sliding, slip, slippery, slipping, wading birds, walking, wetlands, winter|

Earlier this week, I visited Bear River MBR and had a fantastic time capturing photographs of birds sliding on the ice. This included an adult Great Blue Heron.

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Tundra Swans On Ice And Open Water

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-07T05:28:44-06:00January 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: Cygnus columbianus, duck, ducks, flock, gull, gulls, ice, ice shelf, marsh, mountains, open water, sky, snow, swan, swans, Tundra Swan, Wasatch Mountain Range, Wasatch Mountains, water, waterbirds, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

I haven't yet gotten the photos of Tundra Swans this year that I would like to take but that won't stop me from sharing some that I have taken this winter.

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Winter Ring-billed Gull Images From Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-05T06:14:09-06:00January 5th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, flight, flying, frozen, gull, gulls, ice, Larus delawarensis, marsh, open water, resting, Ring-billed Gull, snow, water, wetlands, winter|

One year ago tomorrow I was at Bear River MBR where I took these winter Ring-billed Gull images from the west side of the auto tour loop at the refuge.

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You Know You Are A Gull Lover When…

By Mia McPherson|2021-01-03T12:59:54-06:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, flight, flying, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, marsh, morning, nonbreeding plumage, open water, Ring-billed Gull, rushes, water, winter plumage|

You take photos of ten species of birds and the twelve photos of a Ring-billed Gull in flight are the images you are the most excited to view when you get home.

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Bald Eagle On An Icy Marsh – Small In Frame

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-06T07:53:56-06:00February 16th, 2020|Categories: Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Eagle, eagle, eagles, frost, frost covered, habitat, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, ice, icy, marsh, marshy habitat, open water, small in frame, snow, winter|

Three days ago I photographed an adult Bald Eagle resting on the frost-covered, icy marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in northern Utah.

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Fun Photographing a Male Belted Kingfisher at Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-04T10:08:12-06:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Belted Kingfisher, fish, fun, kingfisher, kingfishers, lift off, male, Megaceryle alcyon, open water, photograph, photographing, post, prey, winter|

I had fun photographing a male Belted Kingfisher at Farmington Bay as he caught prey and ate it on a post near a little creek.

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Juvenile Northern Harrier in flight over Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-29T04:03:44-05:00December 24th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, breezy, Circus hudsonius, clouds, flight, flying, harrier, harriers, hawks, immature, juvenile, Northern Harrier, on the wing, open water, raptors, sky, young|

I was able to take a few frames of this juvenile Northern Harrier in flight as it flew over some open water.

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