Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Communing With Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-13T05:47:19-05:00March 13th, 2023|Categories: Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, buttes, clouds, crane, cranes, dancing, dawn, farmlands, fields, migration, morning, pair, pastel, red rocks, road, rocks, Sandhill Crane, shrubs, sky, spring migration, sunrise, winter|

I've been thinking a lot about Sandhill Cranes recently so I am going back in time to nine years ago today when I photographed them in Wayne County, Utah.

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Adult Peregrine Falcon In Red Rock Country

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-24T06:41:16-05:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Peregrine Falcons, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, fence, fence post, perched, Peregrine Falcon, raptors, red rock country, red rocks, wooden post|

It isn't everyday that I can take photos of a Peregrine Falcon in Red Rock Country so I'm very glad I spotted this one and was able to get a few images it.

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Sandhill Cranes In Flight During Spring Migration

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-14T06:19:50-05:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, calls, clouds, crane, cranes, farmlands, flight, gruiformes, mates, pair, Sandhill Crane, sky, spring migration, winter|

The last couple of times I have gone to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and further north of there I have been so happy to hear and see, even if from a long distance, the return of our Sandhill Cranes.

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I Adore Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-14T06:18:01-05:00March 11th, 2017|Categories: Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adults, Aldo Leopold, Antigone canadensis, bugling, calling, clouds, crane, cranes, farmlands, feeding grounds, flight, flying, landing, Sandhill Crane, sandhills, sky, winter|

Even though I can't see them with my eyes as I write this I can imagine Sandhill Cranes waiting for the first rays of the sun to reach the marshes where they spent the night.

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American White Pelicans, Sandhill Cranes, Swainson’s Hawks – Spring Migrants On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-02T13:56:20-06:00February 19th, 2017|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Box Elder County, Sandhill Cranes, Swainson's Hawks, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, calls, crane, cranes, displaying, flight, flying, hawks, migrants, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, raptors, Sandhill Crane, spring migrants, Swainson's Hawk|

We still have our winter birds and the spring migrants have begun their journey north so my bird photography is likely to pick up and get exciting soon if the clouds will give me a break.

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New Genus for Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-14T06:14:52-05:00July 9th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Bicknell Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, American Ornithologists’ Union, Antigone canadensis, AOU, crane, cranes, farmlands, flight, Genus, male, mated pair, new genus, pair, Sandhill Crane, sandhills, sky, species, wet meadow|

Another change that has officially occurred was that Sandhill Cranes were moved from the genus Grus to Antigone.

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