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Swimming Spotted Sandpiper Chick Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 31st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Spotted Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Actitis macularia, adult, alpine creek, canyon, chick, creek, immature, juvenile, male, mountains, parentage, polyandry, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, Spotted Sandpiper, summer, Summit County, swimming, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, water, young|

I was over the moon to be able to take these photos of the young Spotted Sandpiper swimming across the alpine creek because I've never had the opportunity to do so before.

Canada x Snow Goose Hybrid – Its Parentage Had Bewildered Me

By Mia McPherson|December 18th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Hybrid Geese, Salt Lake County, Snow Geese, Utah|Tags: adult, Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Canada x Snow Goose, Canada x Snow Goose hybrid, flight, goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, hybrid, hybridization, low light, parentage, resting, Snow Goose, take off, urban, white head, white-headed, winter|

This Canada Goose hybrid could be a Canada x Snow Goose or a Canada x Greater White-fronted Goose hybrid, those two species make the most sense to me, but I can't be certain of its parentage.