Canada Geese – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Gulls, Ducks and Geese in a Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|January 22nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, California Gulls, Canada Geese, Common Goldeneyes, Mallards, Redheads, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya americana, Branta canadensis, Bucephala clangula, California Gull, Canada Geese, Common Goldeneye, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, Mallard, Redhead, Ring-billed Gull, snow flakes, snow storm, snowflakes, snowy, snowy day|

I spent about 40 minutes photographing the gulls, ducks and geese in the snow storm here in northern Utah yesterday and had a lot of fun doing it.

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Feisty Canada Geese Threat Displays

By Mia McPherson|January 19th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: aggressive posture, Bent-Neck posture, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, Erect posture, Forward posture, geese, goose, Head-Pumping posture, pond, Threat Displays, tongue|

That morning the Canada Geese were the most lively of the subjects I photographed, bathing, mating and exhibiting threat displays.

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Canada Geese Portraits

By Mia McPherson|December 15th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon light, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, close up, geese, goose, open bill, pond, portrait, urban, water, waterfowl, winter|

Three days ago when the sun broke through the clouds in the afternoon I went to the pond and was able to take several Canada Geese portraits with the blue water of the pond in the background.

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Photographing Pelicans, Herons, Egrets and Geese in Flight in Rapidly Changing Light

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2016|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: American White Pelican, Ardea herodias, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, changing light, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, flight, flying, geese, goose, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, photograph, photographing, Promontory Mountains, shadows, Snowy Egret|

I had a great deal of fun photographing the pelicans, herons, egrets and geese in flight in the rapidly changing light yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.

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Canada Goose calling in the snow

By Mia McPherson|December 14th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, calling, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, falling snow, fog, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, high key, lake bed, pair, snow, snowy, waterfowl, whiteout, winter|

I think I am as excited as this Canada Goose calling in the snow that I photographed in February of 2013 along the causeway to Antelope Island State Park.

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Pair of Canada Geese on ice at Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|November 29th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Canada Geese, Canada Goose, common, geese, goose, ice, pair, pond, waterfowl, winter|

Canada Geese are very common here in northern Utah and in other parts of North America.

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High Key winter Geese, Swans and a Black-billed Magpie

By Mia McPherson|February 16th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Canada Geese, Davis County, Tundra Swans, Utah|Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, Cygnus columbianus, fog, geese, goose, high key, magpie, magpies, Pica hudsonia, snow, snowstorm, snowy, swan, swans, Tundra Swan, winter|

Some people might not find high key photos to their tastes but I find that I enjoy them because of their simplicity and how the high key background allows my eyes to focus clearly on my subject's form and beauty.

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