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First Winter Common Goldeneye Drake Images

By Mia McPherson|January 24th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: 1st winter, bill, breakfast, Bucephala clangula, catch light, Common Goldeneye, crawdad, crayfish, diving ducks, drake, duck, eating, first winter, goldeneye, goldeneyes, immature, male, paddling, pond, prey, Salt Lake County, swallowing, swimming, urban, Utah, water, winter, young|

Two days ago I spent a lot of time focused on a first winter Common Goldeneye drake as he swam, foraged, and ate at an urban pond close to home.

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Four Winter Ring-billed Gull Images

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: adult, calm, down, gull, gulls, ice, ice shelf, icy, Larus delawarensis, looking, marsh, nonbreeding plumage, paddling, Ring-billed Gull, standing, water, wetland, winter, year round|

Last week I was just as excited to take Ring-billed Gull images as I was to take photos of a delightful Horned Grebe on the marsh at Bear River MBR.

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Drake Green-winged Teal At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|November 18th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Green-winged Teals, Utah|Tags: alternate plumage, Anas crecca, breeding plumage, dabbling ducks, dead, deceased, drake, ducks, female, flight, flock, flying, Green-winged Teal, hen, injured, male, marsh, paddling, swimming, teal, teals, water, waterfowl|

Yesterday morning I was able to take close up photos of a drake Green-winged Teal paddling away from me at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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