Anser caerulescens – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Snow Geese And Avian Flu Reporting

By Mia McPherson|December 10th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese|Tags: Anser caerulescens, autumn, avian flu, fall, field, flight, flock, flocks, flying, geese, goose, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, HPAI, landing, on the wing, reporting, sick birds, Snow Geese, waterfowl|

Watch Snow Geese land in Oklahoma in my video and learn how you can help track avian flu by reporting sick or dead waterfowl to the AGFC.

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Blizzards Of Snow Geese Now At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|November 29th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese|Tags: Anser caerulescens, autumn, blasting off, blizzard, Blue Geese, blue morph, bottomlands, dark morph, early morning, fall, field, flight, flock, flying, front, gaggle, geese, goose, hatch year, immature, lifting off, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Sequoyah NWR, sky, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, taking off, trees, waterfowl, white morph, young|

Blizzards of Snow Geese have arrived at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge! I’m so excited about all of the Snow Geese that I can barely contain myself. Wow!

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Snow Goose In Salt Lake County

By Mia McPherson|December 15th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, autumn, fall, geese, golf course, goose, grass, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl|

Towards the end of November, I found a Snow Goose in Salt Lake County at my local pond. Unfortunately, on that afternoon, I didn't have my camera with me.

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Immature Snow Goose Close Up Photos

By Mia McPherson|March 1st, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: Anser caerulescens, close up, early morning light, geese, goose, immature, marsh, side lit, Snow Goose, wetlands, winter, young|

I drove up to Bear River MBR yesterday morning and was thrilled to be able to photograph an immature Snow Goose resting on the frost covered ground.

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December Snow Goose

By Mia McPherson|December 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, pond, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, white morph, winter|

Usually by this time in December I've seen at least one Snow Goose to photograph but so far this year I haven't found one yet.

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My First of Winter Snow Goose Sighting

By Mia McPherson|December 26th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: Anser caerulescens, first winter, flight, flying by, geese, goose, immature, lone, pond, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, winter|

I really did get a Christmas Goose yesterday when I spotted my first of winter Snow Goose that was resting on a boulder near the banks of the Jordan River yesterday.

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An Immature Snow Goose in Salt Lake County

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: afternoon light, Anser caerulescens, calling, drink, flight, geese, goose, immature, juvenile, low light, preening, Snow Geese, urban, waterfowl, winter, young|

I can't be certain this is the same goose that I saw on December 26th but I found an immature Snow Goose feeding with some Canada Geese in the grass across the pond.

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Wondering If “My” Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid Will Be Back This Winter

By Mia McPherson|November 15th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, flight, geese, goose, hybrid, hybrid geese, hybridization, pond, preening, Snow Goose, urban, waterfowl, white head, white-headed, winter|

I've been wondering if "my" Canada x Snow Goose hybrid will be back this winter, if it will show up at the same pond and if I will be able to photograph it again.

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Dabbling Duck Shuffle – Plus White Geese Become Gray Geese

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Cinnamon Teals, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, Snow Geese|Tags: American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Union, Anser caerulescens, AOS, AOU, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, lumps, Mareca strepera, Northern Shoveler, scientific name, shuffle, Snow Goose, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera, splits|

A few more changes in the Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the AOS Check-list have to do with dabbling ducks and "white geese".

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Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid – Its Parentage Had Bewildered Me

By Mia McPherson|December 18th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, Canada x Snow Goose hybrid, flight, goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, hybrid, hybridization, low light, parentage, resting, Snow Goose, take off, urban, white head, white-headed, winter|

This Canada Goose hybrid could be a Canada x Snow Goose or a Canada x Greater White-fronted Goose hybrid, those two species make the most sense to me, but I can't be certain of its parentage.

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Adult Snow Goose on Willow Pond

By Mia McPherson|December 7th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, lone, migration, pond, Snow Goose, urban, water, waterfowl, Willow Pond, winter|

There were several hundred Canada Geese on the pond and because I have seen reports of Cackling and Snow Geese in the area I scanned the pond with my lens and spotted a lone Snow Goose.

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Snow Geese on the shore of the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|March 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Great Salt Lake, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, immature, juvenile, lake, lake shore, lakeshore, shoreline, Snow Geese, waterfowl, winter|

I'm hoping to go on a "Goose Chase" this morning, the sky is supposed to be clear so there should be good light and I would be delighted to see some snow, Snow Geese that is!

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Snow Geese

By Mia McPherson|November 16th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, autumn, fall, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, immature, juvenile, lake shore, lakeshore, nature, shore, shoreline, Snow Geese, Snow Goose|

I was tickled to get these images and the others I created of these two Snow Geese yesterday, especially since they were close.

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