aerial chase – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring Caspian Tern Photos Plus A Bonus Osprey Image

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-04T04:42:52-05:00May 4th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Caspian Terns, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, aerial chase, breeding plumage, Caspian Tern, chasing, dive, eye level, flight, flying, Hydroprogne caspia, Osprey, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, park, pond, raptors, sky, spring, tern, terns, urban|

At the end of last month, I had the pleasure of taking Caspian Tern photos as these terns were flying and fishing at my local pond.

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Female Spotted Sandpiper Post-coital Photo

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-02T05:30:41-05:00July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Spotted Sandpipers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Actitis macularia, adult, aerial chase, behavior, breeding behavior, breeding display, canyon, creek, female, ground chase, mating, mating behavior, mountains, one wing up, post copulation, post-coital, postcoital, posture, sandpiper, sandpipers, shore, shorebirds, Spotted Sandpiper, summer, water|

What intrigued me the most was the post-coital posture of the female Spotted Sandpiper where she kept one wing raised for a long period of time.

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Female and Male Western Meadowlarks – A Glimpse into Their Mating Behaviors

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-20T13:40:57-05:00April 8th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: aerial chase, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, breeding behavior, calling, female, grass, grasses, male, mating behavior, meadowlark, meadowlarks, nesting material, pair bond, rattle call, rattling, sage, sagebrush, sexual behavior, singing, Western Meadowlark|

Three days ago while out on Antelope Island State Park under cloudy skies I was able to observe a glimpse into the mating behaviors of a pair of Western Meadowlarks.

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Black Skimmers at Fort De Soto Five Years Ago Today

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-24T07:04:49-05:00April 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, aerial chase, Black Skimmer, coast, coastal, flight, flight flying, flock, flying, Gulf of Mexico, Rynchops niger, skimmer, skimmers, sky, spring, territorial display|

It is really cruddy here in Utah this morning so I thought I would go back in time to a warmer, sunnier day via the magic of some Black Skimmer images I created five years ago today.

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