geese – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Sounds of the Impending Arrival of Autumn – Canada Goose Calling in Flight

By Mia McPherson|September 9th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Branta canadensis, calling, Canada Goose, fall, flight, geese, goose, marsh, pond, sky, waterfowl, wetlands|

I photographed this Canada Goose calling in flight six years ago as it flew over Glover's Pond at Farmington Bay.

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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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Taking a Gander at mating Canada Geese

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, breeding, breeding behavior, Canada Goose, copulation, geese, goose, mating, mating behavior, pond, water, waterfowl, winter|

Officially it isn't spring yet but the Canada Geese here in the Salt Lake Valley don't seem to be paying much attention to our human calendars at all and have begun their mating season.

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Bird Sampler for April 28 through May 4, 2013

By Mia McPherson|May 4th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Canada Geese, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Killdeer, Swallows, Utah, Western Grebes, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Athene cunicularia, bird photography, birds, Branta canadensis, Cathartes aura, Charadrius vociferus, courtship, displaying, geese, goose, grebe, grebes, male, marsh, meadowlark, meadowlarks, nature, owl, owls, Phasianus colchicus, pheasant, pheasants, photography, resting, rock, sage, sagebrush, shorebird, Sturnus vulgaris, water, wildlife|

I wanted to share a sampler of bird images that I have taken over the past week in Davis and Box Elder Counties.

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Snow Geese on the shore of the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|March 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Great Salt Lake, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, immature, juvenile, lake, lake shore, lakeshore, shoreline, Snow Geese, waterfowl, winter|

I'm hoping to go on a "Goose Chase" this morning, the sky is supposed to be clear so there should be good light and I would be delighted to see some snow, Snow Geese that is!

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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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Snow Geese

By Mia McPherson|November 16th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, autumn, fall, geese, goose, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, immature, juvenile, lake shore, lakeshore, nature, shore, shoreline, Snow Geese, Snow Goose|

I was tickled to get these images and the others I created of these two Snow Geese yesterday, especially since they were close.

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Canada Goose on Glover’s Pond

By Mia McPherson|March 25th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, geese, Glover Pond, goose, marsh, paddled, pond, reflection, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) are common in my area and I often overlook taking images of them because of that. I really shouldn't though because they are beautiful birds.

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The Sounds of Fall

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adults, autumn, Branta canadensis, fall, flight, geese, Glover Pond, goose, photography, resting, water fowl, wetlands, wildlife|

This morning I can hear Canada Geese overhead after a hot summer when I have heard few. Listening to them I realize that soon summer will end and the colorful season of fall will begin.

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