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Photographing Common Mergansers at Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|February 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Common Mergansers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Common Merganser, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, hen, icy water, kleptoparasites, Kleptoparasitism, male, merganser, mergansers, Mergus merganser, photograph, photographing, swimming, take off, wing flap, winter|

I spent time photographing a few Rough-legged Hawks but my personal choice for birds of the day were the Common Mergansers I observed and photographed.

American Coot Being Chased By Mallards For Food

By Mia McPherson|February 1st, 2017|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, Anas platyrhynchos, chase, coot, food, Fulica americana, interspecific, intraspecific, kleptoparasites, Kleptoparasitism, Mallard, winter|

Early in January I photographed an American Coot being chased by two Mallards for the food it carried in its bill.