Second Prebasic Molt

Second Winter Black-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|December 30th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Black-crowned Night Heron, first winter, heron, herons, immature, juvenile, marsh, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, Second Basic Plumage, Second Prebasic Molt, second winter, snow, snowy, sub-adult, wading birds, winter, young|

Yesterday morning at Farmington Bay I found and photographed a second winter Black-crowned Night Heron at the edge of the frozen marsh.

Molting One-Year-Old Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|May 9th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, molt, molting, one year old, perched, rapid, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, Second Prebasic Molt|

I also keep images of birds that look a bit messy because they are molting even if they aren't up to my standards, like this one-year-old Red-tailed Hawk that was rapidly molting the end of July in 2015.