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Twelve Years In Utah

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Red-necked Phalaropes, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: adult, flight, flock, flocks, flying, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, lake, migration, Murmuration, phalarope, phalaropes, Phalaropus lobatus, Phalaropus tricolor, phenomenon, Red-necked Phalaropes, shorebirds, summer, water, Wilson's Phalaropes|

Twelve years ago this morning I woke in Grand Island, Nebraska. I was a little more than 800 miles from my destination of Salt Lake City.

Adult Ring-billed Gull Hovering Over The Marsh At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|August 22nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Miscellaneous, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, eclipse crescents, fall colors, flight, flying, gull, gulls, hovering, Larus delawarensis, marsh, Optical Phenomena, partial, phenomenon, Ring-billed Gull, solar eclipse|

I photographed this Ring-billed Gull last November as it hovered over the autumn colored marsh and I really like the resulting photo. The pose, the light, the setting, the contrast in colors all work well for my tastes.