Long-billed Dowitcher – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Some Of The Birds Seen At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge During The Month of May

By Mia McPherson|May 19th, 2019|Categories: American Avocets, American Bitterns, American Coots, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Blue-winged Teals, Box Elder County, Brown-headed Cowbirds, California Gulls, Cinnamon Teals, Clark's Grebes, Cliff Swallows, Forster's Terns, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitchers, Marsh Wrens, Northern Shovelers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Ruddy Ducks, Savannah Sparrows, Tree Swallows, Utah, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: American Avocet, American Bittern, American Coot, American White Pelican, Black-crowned Night Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Brown-headed Cowbird, California Gull, Cinnamon Teal, Clark's Grebe, Cliff Swallow, Forster's Tern, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Northern Shoveler, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruddy Duck, Savannah Sparrow, Tree Swallow, Western Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

May is a time of renewal at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and as the marsh begins to green up the migrant birds return and along with the year round residents their songs and calls can be heard over the wetlands.

A Glimpse Into What Could Happen to Bear River MBR With Less Water Flowing Into It

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2018|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Long-billed Dowitchers, Tundra Swans, Utah, Video, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: American White Pelicans, auto tour route, climate change, Cygnus columbianus, Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan, Limnodromus scolopaceus, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Phalaropus tricolor, proposed dams, Tundra Swan, video, water, Wilson's Phalarope|

Water levels have been dropped in some units at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge for dike maintenance and this made me think of what might happen in the future due to climate change and if more dams are built on the Bear River and how the reduction of water reaching the refuge might be a huge issue

Missing the Birds of Bear River MBR & Spring Migration

By Mia McPherson|April 9th, 2017|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, Long-billed Dowitchers, Short-eared Owls, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: Aechmophorus clarkii, American Avocet, American White Pelican, Asio flammeus, auto tour loop, auto tour route, Black-crowned Night Heron, Clark's Grebe, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, feeding, flight, flock, Limnodromus scolopaceus, Long-billed Dowitcher, marshes, Nannopterum auritus, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, owls, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Phalaropus tricolor, Recurvirostra americana, shorebirds, Short-eared Owl, wading birds, Wilson's Phalarope|

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route is still closed and many of the birders, bird photographers and nature lovers are itching to know what birds are there because after all spring migration is an exciting time at the refuge.