ducklings – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wasatch Mountain Mallard Babies

By Mia McPherson|2023-06-03T15:04:54-05:00June 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, babies, canyon, creek, dabbling ducks, ducklings, immature, juvenile, Mallard, mallards, mountains, spring, water, waterfowl, young|

I can't pass up photographing mountain Mallard babies when I find their little fluffy selves on mountain creeks, streams, lakes, or reservoirs.

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Neighborhood Cuties: Baby Mallard Ducklings

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-09T04:32:40-05:00May 9th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, babies, baby, dabbling ducks, dappled, duck, duckling, ducklings, ducks, grass, light, Mallard, mallards, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah|

It's hard to ignore the adorable charm of baby birds, which is why I couldn't resist taking some photos of these precious Mallard ducklings yesterday.

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Some Birds And Blooms From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-17T03:23:39-05:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Gray Catbirds, Mallards, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Red-tailed Hawks, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, Anas platyrhynchos, babies, bathing, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, canyon, catbirds, Chokecherry, creek, ducklings, ducks, Dumetella carolinensis, feathers, feed, finches, flowering, gold finches, grasses, Gray Catbird, hummingbirds, Lonicera involucrata, male, Mallard, Melospiza melodia, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountains, native, Prunus virginiana, riparian habitat, Selasphorus platycercus, Setophaga petechia, singing, Song Sparrow, sparrows, Spinus tristis, Thermopsis montana, tree, warbler, warblers, Western Chokecherry, wet, willows, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

This morning I wanted to share some photos of the birds and blooms that I took images of one morning last week while I was high in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Mallard Ducklings In An Alpine Creek

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-28T03:23:12-05:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, aspen, canyon, chicks, creek, cute, duck, duckling, ducklings, ducks, floofy, log, Mallard, mallards, mountains, water, waterfowl|

I know from experience that when I post Mallard photos and write about them here on my site that they don't seem to get as many views as other birds do.

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Mallard Ducklings – Signs of Spring

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-20T04:11:59-06:00May 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas platyrhynchos, chicks, dabbling ducks, duck, ducklings, ducks, Helen Keller, Mallard, spring, swimming, water|

I haven't seen many chicks yet this spring but yesterday I saw a Mallard hen with her ducklings swimming behind her on a local pond and I had to aim my lens at them.

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It is Getting Duckier at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-26T04:47:20-05:00August 18th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Gadwalls, Redheads, Ruddy Ducks, Utah|Tags: Aythya americana, duck, ducklings, ducks, Gadwall, Mareca strepera, marsh, Oxyura jamaicensis, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is getting duckier. I am seeing more ducks in the water and flying over head now than I had in July.

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Spring Ducklings

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-20T04:18:46-06:00June 6th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Mallards, Utah|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, ducklings, ducks, Mallard, marsh, siblings, spring, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

I believe these to be Mallards but if I am wrong I don't mind being corrected, I do have trouble with female duck ID at times and I appreciate all the help I can get with them.

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