ephemeral pond

Solitary Sandpiper at Bear River MBR – Not All Range Maps Are The Same

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Solitary Sandpipers, Utah|Tags: adult, ephemeral pond, marsh, migration, muddy feet, range maps, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, Solitary Sandpiper, stretching, summer, Tringa solitaria, wetlands|

I photographed this Solitary Sandpiper two days ago at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and saw several more and I also photographed a pair of them the week before.

Lake Mist at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Avocet, ephemeral pond, lake, lake mist, Lower Lake, mist, misty, mountains, Recurvirostra americana, sunrise, Tringa semipalmata, Willet|

Waking up and seeing the lake mist at the Lower Lake and an ephemeral pond near it with birds in the air, on the lake and feeding in the pond is amazing.