Mareca strepera – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Gadwall In Multicolored Reflections

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Gadwalls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, Gadwall, male, Mareca strepera, multicolored, park, pond, reflections, spring, urban, water|

This Gadwall photo from last spring is the photo I decided to share this morning. It was taken at my local pond where the multicolored reflections appeal to me.

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Drake Gadwall At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|March 26th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Gadwalls, Utah|Tags: adult, brown ducks, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, Gadwall, gadwalls, male, Mareca strepera, marsh, water, waterfowl, wetlands, winter|

The last time I drove up to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, I was delighted to have this drake Gadwall in my viewfinder on the last leg of the auto tour loop.

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Gadwall Drake Resting In Snow

By Mia McPherson|January 4th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Leucistic, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, coot, coots, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, foraging, Fulica americana, Gadwall, gadwalls, leucism, leucistic, male, Mareca strepera, plumage aberration, pond, resting, snow, tree, trunk, urban, water, winter|

This morning I'm sharing photos of a Gadwall drake resting in snow plus a bonus photo of the leucistic American Coot taken yesterday in afternoon light.

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Spring Gadwall Drake Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 30th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Gadwalls, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, dabbling ducks, displaying, drake, duck, ducks, Gadwall, gadwalls, lift off, male, Mareca strepera, marsh, spring, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

This morning I am sharing two simple Gadwall drake photos that I took last spring from the auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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An Assortment Of Spring Birds From Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|April 23rd, 2021|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, Eared Grebes, Forster's Terns, Gadwalls, Great Blue Herons, Long-billed Curlews, Red-winged Blackbirds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Agelaius phoeniceus, Antigone canadensis, Ardea herodias, Bear River, birds, breeding plumage, Clark's Grebe, Definitive Alternate Plumage, displaying, Double-crested Cormorant, Eared Grebe, flight, flying, Forster's Tern, Gadwall, Great Blue Heron, horn, Long-billed Curlew, Mareca strepera, marsh, Mergus serrator, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Plegadis chihi, Podiceps nigricollis, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-winged Blackbird, river, Sandhill Crane, spring, Sterna forsteri, Weed Ceremony, Western Grebe, wetlands, white pelican, White-faced Ibis, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

Today I wanted to share an assortment of spring birds all photographed at Bear River MBR yesterday on a bright and beautiful morning.

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Drake Gadwalls Are Elegant Dabbling Ducks

By Mia McPherson|October 30th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Gadwalls, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, Gadwall, gadwalls, Glover Pond, male, Mareca strepera, pond, resting, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

I don't have nearly enough Gadwall photos in my portfolios and I honestly don't know why that is the case since they are year round residents here in northern Utah.

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Wintertime Drake Gadwall Close Up

By Mia McPherson|January 24th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Gadwalls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, close up, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, Gadwall, male, Mareca strepera, park, pond, portrait, urban, water, winter|

I'm glad this Gadwall drake came in close so I could take a few photos of him before I turned my attention back to the pair of Hooded Mergansers.

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Dabbling Duck Shuffle – Plus White Geese Become Gray Geese

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Cinnamon Teals, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, Snow Geese|Tags: American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Union, Anser caerulescens, AOS, AOU, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, lumps, Mareca strepera, Northern Shoveler, scientific name, shuffle, Snow Goose, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera, splits|

A few more changes in the Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the AOS Check-list have to do with dabbling ducks and "white geese".

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Drake Gadwall Flapping His Wings on a Winter Day

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Gadwalls, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, Gadwall, gadwalls, male, Mareca strepera, park, pond, urban, waterfowl, wing flapping, winter|

Several of the Gadwalls were tipping their heads under the water to feed when this drake started to flap his wings before settling back down on the water.

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It is Getting Duckier at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Gadwalls, Redheads, Ruddy Ducks, Utah|Tags: Aythya americana, duck, ducklings, ducks, Gadwall, Mareca strepera, marsh, Oxyura jamaicensis, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is getting duckier. I am seeing more ducks in the water and flying over head now than I had in July.

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Things are getting Ducky in Utah!

By Mia McPherson|October 1st, 2011|Categories: Birds, Buffleheads, Cinnamon Teals, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Gadwalls, Greater Scaups, Mallards, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake Valley|Tags: Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, autumn, Aythya collaris, Aythya marila, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Bufflehead, Cinnamon Teal, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Davis County, Gadwall, Greater Scaup, Mallard, Mareca strepera, Mergus merganser, Mergus serrator, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Salt Lake County, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera|

Another wonderful change that I have been seeing is that a variety of duck species have been arriving at the Great Salt Lake

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