blue bill – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ruddy Duck Drake – What A Difference 20 Days Makes

By Mia McPherson|December 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Ruddy Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bill color, blue bill, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, male, molt, nonbreeding plumage, Oxyura jamaicensis, park, pond, Ruddy Duck, transitioning, urban, water|

Just 20 days can make a big difference in the way this Ruddy Duck drake looks. His bill is a lot bluer now than it was when I first saw him at my local pond.

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Drake Ruddy Duck And His Sky Blue Bill

By Mia McPherson|April 28th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Ruddy Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: blue bill, bluebill, breeding plumage, Bubbling Display, close up, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, male, Oxyura jamaicensis, park, pond, portrait, Ruddy Duck, spring, stiff, swimming, tail, up close, urban, water, waterfowl|

Yesterday morning, I had a real treat photographing a drake Ruddy Duck close to home. He was in his most dapper breeding plumage, including his sky blue bill.

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Winter Ruddy Duck Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Ruddy Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: blue bill, diving, diving ducks, duck, ducks, first winter, hint, immature/female, male, Oxyura jamaicensis, pond, Ruddy Duck, water, waterfowl, winter|

Two days ago I photographed a Ruddy Duck close to home at my local pond. I was only able to take 14 image of it before it dove under the water and swam away.

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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) in Breeding Plumage

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, blue bill, breeding, breeding plumage, coastal, coastal habitat, coastal island, Egretta tricolor, Gulf Coast, heron, herons, saltwater marsh, spartina, Tricolored Heron, wading birds, water|

Some images remind me of the wonderful day I had when I created a certain image, this photo of a Tricolored Heron in breeding plumage photographed at the north beach of Fort De Soto, Florida is one of those files.

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