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More Urban Common Loon Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 12th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, belly, bill, breeding plumage, Common Loon, flapping, foot, Gavia immer, head, loon, loons, neck, open, park, pond, preening, Salt Lake County, sleepy, stretching, tipped, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds, wings|

I had two mornings to photograph a Common Loon at a local pond. These photos are from the second morning and they show more action from the striking loon.

Brief But Aggressive Encounter Between Pied-Billed Grebes

By Mia McPherson|December 18th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: aggressive, Agonistic Behavior, behavior, bill, fight, fighting, grebe, grebes, neck, nonbreeding, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, territorial behavior, territorial dispute, water, winter|

This aggressive encounter between the two Pied-billed Grebes only lasted a few seconds and if I hadn't been paying attention I would have missed photographing it.

An Extreme Variation of Supplemental Plumage in an American White Pelican

By Mia McPherson|July 29th, 2016|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American White Pelican, black feathers, crown, extreme, marsh, nape, neck, pelican, pelicans, plumage phase, summer, summer plumage, Supplemental Plumage, unusual, variation, wetlands|

Two days ago while on the auto tour loop at Bear River MBR an American White Pelican caught my eyes because of its unusually dark crown, nape, and neck plumage.