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Drake Lesser Scaup On The Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|February 8th, 2025|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lesser Scaups, Utah|Tags: adult, Aythya affinis, bathing, causeway, diving ducks, drake, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, Lesser Scaup, male, post bath, scaup, scaups, shaking off, water, waterfowl, winter|

This morning, I'm sharing two winter drake Lesser Scaup photos I took three years ago today from the causeway to Antelope Island State Park in Utah.

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California Gull After A Bath

By Mia McPherson|December 11th, 2021|Categories: Birds, California Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, air, autumn, bath, California Gull, fall, flapping, gull, gulls, Larus californicus, leaping, nonbreeding plumage, pond, post bath, urban, water, wings|

I photographed this California Gull after it bathed almost a year ago at a small pond close to where I live in Salt Lake county on a cold afternoon.

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