steam fog – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Northern Utah Winter Waterfowl Photo

By Mia McPherson|2023-02-27T15:13:50-06:00February 27th, 2022|Categories: American Wigeons, Birds, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Mallards|Tags: American Wigeon, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea herodias, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, dabbling ducks, desert, duck, ducks, fog, frost, geese, goose, grasses, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hoar frost, Mallard, mallards, Mareca americana, mist, pond, ranchlands, snow, steam fog, water, waterfowl, wigeon, wigeons, winter|

The photo I liked the most from yesterday was of winter waterfowl on a small pond with mist rising from the water and hoar frost covering the vegetation.

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Misty American Coot

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-23T06:30:12-06:00January 23rd, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, coot, coots, fog, Fulica americana, mist, misty, morning, pond, steam fog, urban, water, winter|

Yesterday morning I photographed birds at my local pond in freezing temps and this American Coot in a morning mist was one of my favorite images that I took.

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Resting Ruddy Duck In A Fog

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-24T09:08:57-06:00November 17th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ruddy Ducks, Utah|Tags: autumn, duck, ducks, early morning, fall, fog, foggy, marsh, mist, Oxyura jamaicensis, resting, Ruddy Duck, steam fog, sunrise, Wasatch Mountains, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

I'm really glad I looked at these ducks in the fog and decided to take photos of them even though I was looking towards the sun instead of away from it like I typically do when photographing birds.

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Northern Shoveler, The Rising Sun And Fog

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-28T06:13:53-05:00November 16th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Shovelers, Utah|Tags: adult, dabbling ducks, duck, ducks, fog, Northern Shoveler, rising, rising sun, shoveler, shovelers, Spatula clypeata, steam fog, sun, Wasatch Mountains, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

Three days ago there was a little bit of fog at Farmington Bay WMA while the sun was coming up over the Wasatch Mountains which set up the conditions I needed to take this Northern Shoveler photo.

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