swimming – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Clark’s Grebes Return to Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Clark's Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, blue water, Clark's Grebe, grebe, grebes, pond, spring, swimming, water|

I always enjoy when the Clark's Grebes return to northern Utah and hope that this year I will be able to photograph their weed ceremony or them rushing.

Golden Reflections And A Pied-billed Grebe

By Mia McPherson|November 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, fall, golden relfections, grebe, grebes, marsh, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, swimming, wetlands|

The golden reflections with just a hint of blue compliment the golden tones of the plumage of the Pied-billed Grebe.

Signs of Spring ~ American Avocets and Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Double-crested Cormorants, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, avocet, avocets, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, flight, Nannopterum auritus, Recurvirostra americana, Salt Lake County, shorebirds, spring, swimming, urban, Utah, waterbirds|

I was right on the ID and saw not just one but two of American Avocets in flying along the causeway. Wow, more "spring birds"!