Bird ID – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Herons

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, baiting ethics, bird photography, close up, ethics, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hunting, immature, juveniles, nest, nesting, perched, portrait, prey, sand dune, snag, snow, stalking, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

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Pinto Bean Laughing Gulls

By Mia McPherson|September 8th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Leucistic, Pinellas County|Tags: bird ID, gulls, Laughing Gull, leucistic, Leucophaeus atricilla, odd, pigment issues, strange|

On several occasions I have seen and photographed Laughing Gulls that have strange colored markings on their bills and legs. I have assumed that they are partially leucistic though I could be wrong.

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Comparing Two Grebe Species

By Mia McPherson|September 1st, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, bird ID, bird identification, comparing, comparison, grebe, grebes, marsh, northern Utah, spring, wetlands|

Two Grebe species that are often misidentified are the Clark's and Western Grebes.

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Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal Hybrid Duck

By Mia McPherson|August 25th, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Duck hybrids, Utah|Tags: adult, Blue-winged Teal, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teal, Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal, cross, ducks, hybrid, marsh, nature photography, northern Utah, photography, Spatula cyanoptera, Spatula discors, wetlands, wildlife|

It wasn't until I pulled the image up on my monitor that I saw that this duck was a hybrid, which turned out to be Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal hybrid.

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