rushing – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Crazy About Common Loons

By Mia McPherson|April 15th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, calling, chased, close up, Common Loon, defensive posture, dripping, fighting, fishing lure, Gavia immer, loon, loons, passing, pond, portrait, rushing, Salt Lake County, spring, spring migration, urban, Utah, Vulture Posture, water, waterbirds|

Yesterday morning I didn't go out looking for Common Loons. But I found two and they were fighting, calling, preening and getting up close and personal with me.

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World Water Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, American Coots, aspens, Box Elder County, canyon, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, clouds, conifers, coots, creek, Cygnus columbianus, Fish Springs Range, flight, flock, Florida, flying, footbridge, foothills, grass, grasses, hills, ice, immature, Juab County, maple swamp, marsh, mountains, Pinellas County, pond, Promontory Mountains, rapids, reflections, river, rocks, rushing, sage, sagebrush, Sawgrass Lake Park, shadows, shrubs, sky, snow, snow-topped, spring, summer, swamp, swan, swans, trail, trees, Tundra Swan, Utah, valley, water, waterfowl, west desert, wetlands, Wigeon Pond, willows, winter, young|

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

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Clark’s Grebes Rushing in September at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, breeding behavior, breeding display, breeding season, Clark's Grebe, grebe, grebes, marsh, Ratchet pointing, rushing, Rushing Ceremony, rushing display, water dancing, wetlands|

I was positively amazed to see the Clark's Grebes rushing across the water this late in the year, personally I've never seen them rush past the end of July.

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Immature Pied-billed Grebe running across the water with prey

By Mia McPherson|November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: grebe, grebes, immature, marsh, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, prey, running, rushing, water, weather loach, wetlands, young|

Last month I captured a series of images of an immature Pied-billed Grebe running across the water with prey in its bill at Farmington Bay WMA.

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Pronghorn Fawns Cause Me Cuteness Overload

By Mia McPherson|June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: adult, antelope, Antilocapra americana, baby, Cheatgrass, cute, doe, fawn, fawns, Moth Mullein, nature, nature photography, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, rabbitbrush, running, rushing, sagebrush, wildlife, wildlife photography, young|

I can't resist Pronghorn fawns, well maybe I can, but I don't want to and won't! I saw three fawns close together yesterday on Antelope Island State Park and they put me into cuteness overload.

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Rushing Western Grebes at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|October 27th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, breeding behavior, breeding display, breeding season, grebe, grebes, marsh, mating behavior, Ratchet pointing, rushing, Rushing Ceremony, spring, Western Grebe, wetlands|

I photographed these rushing Western Grebes in early June of this year at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge in Box Elder County.

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Give Me Winter or Give Me Spring!

By Mia McPherson|February 7th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, back-brooding, bird photography, Box Elder County, breeding season, grebe, grebes, marsh, nature, rushing, spring, Western Grebe, wetlands|

Enough already, if there isn't going to be a winter then bring on the spring!

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