pintails – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Drake Northern Pintail At Bear River MBR On New Year’s Day

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-03T03:56:24-06:00January 3rd, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Pintails, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas acuta, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, feathers, ice, male, marsh, morning, New Year's Day, Northern Pintail, pintail, pintails, shaking, standing, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

I was thrilled to find and photograph a handsome drake Northern Pintail out on the auto tour loop of Bear River MBR on New Year's Day morning.

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Drake Northern Pintail Lift Off Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-06T09:39:12-06:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Northern Pintails, Utah, Video|Tags: adult, Anas acuta, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, dabbling ducks, drake, ducks, female, flight, flock, flying, hen, lift off, lifting off, male, marsh, mountains, Northern Pintail, pintail, pintails, sky, snow, take off, taking off, Utah, video, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

I drove up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning and came home with some drake Northern Pintail lift off images that I am pleased with.

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Drake Northern Pintail at Farmington Bay on a January Day

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-03T05:08:14-06:00September 30th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Pintails, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas acuta, breeding plumage, drake, duck, ducks, ice, male, marsh, Northern Pintail, pintail, pintails, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

I've been thinking about this upcoming winter wondering if we will get a normal amount of snow and of course about the birds I will see on cold mornings at Farmington Bay.

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An Assortment of Birds from Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge This Week

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-07T05:45:35-06:00July 26th, 2015|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Mourning Doves, Northern Pintails, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, Anas acuta, Antigone canadensis, barbed wire, crane, cranes, dove, doves, duck, ducks, eclipse plumage, field, flight, flying, immature, Mourning Dove, Northern Pintail, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, perched, pintail, pintails, Sandhill Crane, sky, sunrise, water, Zenaida macroura|

Yesterday I posted a juvenile Wilson's Phalarope and today I am posting an assortment of others birds I photographed the same day at Bear River NWR.

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