waterbirds – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Pied-billed Grebe Going Into Breeding Plumage

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-26T05:25:58-06:00January 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, band, bill, breeding plumage, Definitive Alternate Plumage, Definitive Basic Plumage, eye ring, grebe, grebes, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, throat, urban, water, waterbirds, winter|

When I was down at my local pond a few days ago I noticed a Pied-billed Grebe that is going into breeding or Definitive Alternate Plumage.

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More Horned Grebe Photos From Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-14T06:29:24-06:00January 14th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Horned Grebes, Utah|Tags: adult, calm, dive, diving, edge, grebe, grebes, Horned Grebe, ice, ice shelf, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, open, Podiceps auritus, splashing, surfacing, swimming, water, waterbirds, wetland, winter|

While I was at Bear River MBR on Tuesday I found and photographed the Horned Grebe that I have been seeing at the refuge since the second day of the New Year.

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Horned Grebe In The Marsh At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-10T03:43:43-06:00January 10th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Horned Grebes, Utah|Tags: adult, close up, grebe, grebes, habitat, Horned Grebe, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, Podiceps auritus, water, waterbirds, wetlands, winter|

When I have the opportunity to photograph a Horned Grebe in the marsh at Bear River MBR I am going to jump at the chance and take as many photos as I can.

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Wondering About Overwintering Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-12T04:57:37-06:00November 12th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, drying, fall, hatch year, immature, Nannopterum auritus, pond, urban, water, waterbirds, wings, young|

Last winter I missed seeing overwintering Double-crested Cormorants at my local ponds and in other locations in northern Utah where I typically see them.

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Memories From When I Found My Horned Grebe Lifer

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-08T05:28:34-06:00November 8th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Horned Grebes|Tags: adult, autumn, fall, grebe, grebes, Horned Grebe, lifer, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, Podiceps auritus, water, waterbirds, wetlands|

Six years ago today I found my lifer Horned Grebe on a frosty November morning in the marshes of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Immature Double-crested Cormorant Flight In Golden Afternoon Light

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T06:47:41-05:00December 2nd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, fall, flight, golden light, immature, Nannopterum auritus, pond, urban, waterbirds, young|

One of the birds I took images of that afternoon was an immature Double-crested Cormorant that flew past me in that golden light just barely above the surface of the pond.

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Double-crested Cormorant After Surfacing

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T06:35:31-05:00November 27th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritus, pond, surfacing, urban, water, water droplets, waterbirds, winter|

Last December there were several Double-crested Cormorants hanging around my local pond here in northern Utah and I had a great time photographing them.

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Double-crested Cormorant and American Coot in a Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T06:25:01-05:00February 24th, 2017|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, coot, coots, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, feeding, Fulica americana, low light, Nannopterum auritus, pond, preening, snow, snow storm, snowy, urban, waterbirds, winter|

It was my photos of a Double-crested Cormorant and American Coot in the snow storm that touched me the most even though both birds are small in the frame.

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The Grebes Are Back At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge!

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-23T06:25:48-05:00March 8th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebe, grebe, grebes, marsh, spring, waterbirds, Western Grebe, wetlands|

Western and Clark's Grebes will soon number in the thousands at Bear River NWR along the auto tour route and on the Bear River itself.

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Nonbreeding Black Skimmer

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:10:51-06:00August 10th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, bird photography, Black Skimmer, nonbreeding, Rynchops niger, skimmers, waterbirds|

When I did my post the other day on "Missing Fort De Soto" I found this Black Skimmer image in my archives while looking for photos to put in that post and wanted to share it.

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Signs of Spring ~ American Avocets and Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T05:16:24-05:00February 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"!

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Double-crested Cormorant – Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T05:05:29-05:00February 10th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritus, shore, shoreline, water, waterbirds, waves|

Double-crested Cormorants are the most widespread of North American cormorants where they are found in salt and freshwater habitats.

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