American Avocets – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Snow Weary And Needing A Bird Fix

By Mia McPherson|March 31st, 2023|Categories: American Avocets, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Marsh Wrens, Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, Agelaius phoeniceus, American Avocet, American Avocets, avocet, avocets, Black-crowned Night Heron, blackbird, blackbirds, breeding plumage, Cistothorus palustris, early morning, flight, flying, heron, herons, Icterids, male, marsh, Marsh Wren, mountains, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, perched, phragmites, phrags, preening, Recurvirostra americana, Red-winged Blackbird, resting, river, shorebirds, singing, sky, spring, wading birds, water, wetlands, wren, wrens, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

More fresh snow on the ground this morning. I am snow weary. What I need is a bird, nature, gone exploring in the wild fix with no real or clear return time.

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Spring American Avocets At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|April 28th, 2021|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Avocet, American Avocets, avocet, avocets, early morning, flock, marsh, preening, Recurvirostra americana, resting, river, shorebirds, spring, water, wetlands|

At the end of last month I spotted a small flock of American Avocets early in the morning at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week

By Mia McPherson|October 9th, 2016|Categories: American Avocets, American Barn Owls, American White Pelicans, Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Redheads, Rough-legged Hawks, Sandhill Cranes, Tree Swallows, Tundra Swans, Utah, Virginia Rails, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises|Tags: adult, American Avocets, American Barn Owl, American White Pelican, autumn, avocets, Bald Eagle, Birds of Bear River, birds of prey, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-necked Stilt, breeding, cranes, ducks, eagles, grebes, harriers, hawks, hen, heron, ice, Marsh Wren, marshes, migration, National Wildlife Refuge, National Wildlife Refuge Week, nesting, night heron, night herons, Northern Harrier, owls, pelicans, Promontory Mountains, rails, Redhead, resting, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, shorebirds, stilts, swallows, swans, Tree Swallows, Tundra Swans, Virginia Rail, wading birds, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibis, winter, wrens|

This is National Wildlife Refuge Week and in celebration I wanted to do a pictorial essay that includes some of my images of the Birds of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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American Avocets at rest in the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|December 1st, 2013|Categories: American Avocets, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Utah|Tags: American Avocets, avocet, avocets, Davis County, flock, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, Recurvirostra americana, resting, shorebirds, summer, water|

The first time I went to Antelope Island State Park was on July 28, 2008 and among the wonderful things that I saw and photographed that trip were hundreds of American Avocets along the causeway to the island.

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