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Female Great-tailed Grackle Iris Variation

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-23T04:45:59-05:00April 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, blackbirds, close up, eye, eyes, female, First Spring, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, iris, park, portrait, Quiscalus mexicanus, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah, variation|

While I photographed Common Loons at my local park this month I also took some female Great-tailed Grackle images and today I am sharing two of them.

An Extreme Variation of Supplemental Plumage in an American White Pelican

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-16T03:40:15-05:00July 29th, 2016|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, black feathers, crown, extreme, marsh, nape, neck, pelican, pelicans, plumage phase, summer, summer plumage, Supplemental Plumage, unusual, variation, wetlands|

Two days ago while on the auto tour loop at Bear River MBR an American White Pelican caught my eyes because of its unusually dark crown, nape, and neck plumage.