water fowl – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ring-necked Duck Drake

By Mia McPherson|November 23rd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Aythya collaris, breeding plumage, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, male, pond, Ring-necked Duck, Salt Lake County, urban, Utah, water, water birds, water fowl, wildlife photography, winter|

I photographed this drake Ring-necked Duck in breeding plumage a few years ago on a pond not far from where I live.

Cackling Goose

By Mia McPherson|April 27th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Cackling Geese, Davis County, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, birds, Branta hutchinsii, Cackling Goose, Davis County, lifer, migration, nature photography, Utah, water fowl, wildlife photography|

Last week I spotted a bird that isn't usually here in Utah this late in migration, a Cackling Goose.

The Sounds of Fall

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adults, autumn, Branta canadensis, fall, flight, geese, Glover Pond, goose, photography, resting, water fowl, wetlands, wildlife|

This morning I can hear Canada Geese overhead after a hot summer when I have heard few. Listening to them I realize that soon summer will end and the colorful season of fall will begin.