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Great Blue Heron In Flight Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-18T09:23:37-06:00May 1st, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, banked, clouds, diffused light, dorsal aspect, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, high, marsh, morning, on the wing, Promontory Mountains, spread, spring, sunlight, thin, wading birds, wetlands, wings|

Today I am sharing seven Great Blue Heron in flight photos from the marsh at Bear River MBR that I took three days ago.

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Snowy Egrets on the Gulf Coast

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-26T11:09:52-05:00May 23rd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets|Tags: adult, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, flight, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, landing, Snowy Egret, spread, wading bird, wading birds, wings|

I'm hoping to add images of Snowy Egrets to my portfolio this summer that might be taken at Farmington Bay WMA or up north at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge.

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Tale Of A Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-28T14:55:18-05:00April 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, desert, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, perched, photography, raptors, red tail, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, spread, Tooele County, Utah, west desert, wings|

This is a rather short tale about a Red-tailed Hawk although the tail of the Red-tailed Hawk is no shorter than any other Red-tailed Hawk.

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Mourning Dove

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-07T07:27:46-06:00January 28th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Mourning Doves, Utah|Tags: abundant, adult, bird photography, blue eye rings, boulder, Davis County, dove, doves, lichen, Mourning Dove, rock, small heads, spread, stretching, tail, thin dark bills, widespread, Zenaida macroura|

After I published my article titled Wild and Wonderful - Antelope Island - The Birds earlier this week I realized I didn't include any images of the doves found on the island so today I thought I would post a Mourning Dove.

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