Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Herons At The Farmington Bay WMA Rookery

By Mia McPherson|January 29th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Conservation, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: Antelope Island State Park, Ardea herodias, clouds, clouds. peaks, cloudy, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Farmington Bay WMA, Great Blue Heron, heron, heron rookery, herons, ice, marsh, mountains, muddy, nest, nesting season, nests, peaks, road, rookery, sky, snow, snow covered, snowy, trees, Utah, wading birds, Wasatch Mountains, water, wetlands, winter|

Yesterday morning, I was surprised to find Great Blue Herons already at the nests of the rookery at Farmington Bay WMA. There were more than twenty herons.

Four Year Old Bald Eagle Eating A Fish

By Mia McPherson|March 15th, 2013|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Bald Eagle, carp, devouring, eagle, eagles, eating, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, fish, four year old, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, marsh, pole, raptors, Utah, wetlands, winter, wooden pole|

It was the day after Christmas in 2009 when I watched this four year old Bald Eagle lift off from this pole to catch this fish in the water impoundment nearby and to my surprise it flew right back to the same pole to devour it.

Signs of Spring ~ American Avocets and Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Double-crested Cormorants, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, avocet, avocets, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, flight, Nannopterum auritus, Recurvirostra americana, Salt Lake County, shorebirds, spring, swimming, urban, Utah, waterbirds|

I was right on the ID and saw not just one but two of American Avocets in flying along the causeway. Wow, more "spring birds"!