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White-tailed Deer Doe Derrière Drama

By Mia McPherson|August 11th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Logan County, Mount Magazine State Park, White-tailed Deer|Tags: biting, bottom, butt, close up, deer, derrière, doe, female, forest, hardwood forest, itch, mountains, Odocoileus virginianus, scratching, summer, White-tailed Deer|

While at Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas two days ago, I photographed a White-tailed Deer doe biting her own derrière, which made me laugh out loud.

First winter male Common Merganser

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: aggressive, biting, Common Merganser, diving ducks, drake, first winter, grebe, grebes, ice, immature, male, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, plopped, Podilymbus podiceps, preening, rested, serrated bill, shore, stretching, water, wing flap, wing flapping, winter, young|

Yesterday morning I spotted a lone Common Merganser at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area nearly hidden in some phragmites and when we came around the corner the bird seemed to have disappeared but after a bit it came out from its hiding spot and gave us quite a show.