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Dark And Moody Common Loon Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Loon, Gavia immer, loon, loons, low light, magic, migration, mystery, natural, park, pond, shadowed, shadows, spotlight, spring, water, waterbirds|

The dark and moody nature of the Common Loon has made this bird species a popular subject of mythology and folklore.

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Cedar Waxwings Plus A Singing Mystery Bird Revealed

By Mia McPherson|July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alert, Black twinberry honeysuckle, Bombycilla cedrorum, canyon, Catharus ustulatus, Cedar Waxwing, close up, honeysuckle, honeysuckles, Lonicera involucrata, Morgan County, mountains, mystery, perched, portrait, recording, song, Swainson's Thrush, video, waxwing, waxwings|

As soon as I stopped my Jeep two Cedar Waxwings popped into view. The waxwings were close so I took portraits of them perched among the honeysuckles.

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