shaking off

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.

Immature Common Merganser Shaking Off

By Mia McPherson|March 13th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Common Mergansers, Utah|Tags: Bear River, Common Merganser, diving duck, diving ducks, flapping, immature, merganser, Mergus merganser, ranchlands, river, shaking off, water, waterfowl, wings, winter|

Just a simple photo of an immature Common Merganser today. I took this image of the merganser on the Bear River almost two years ago on a bright, sunny morning.