chick – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Oystercatchers – Juvenile and Adult

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-13T16:46:38-05:00July 21st, 2011|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Bird ID, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, chick, feeding, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, Haematopus palliatus, immature, juvenile, Low angle, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, reflections, ripples, sand, shore, shorebirds, shoreline, water, young|

I watched this American Oystercatcher juvenile and its sibling from the time they were just tiny chicks beginning the day after they had hatched.

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Shorebirds: Long-billed Curlew juvenile

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-07T04:31:40-05:00July 3rd, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: chick, close up, closeup, curlew, curlews, fledgling, grasses, head shot, immature, juvenile, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, portrait, shorebirds, young|

Sometimes I just feel so lucky being a bird photographer. Not only do I get to be outside in nature when I am photographing, but I get nice surprises too like when this Long-billed Curlew juvenile approached near enough to get head shots of it.

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Friday Photos – Long-billed Curlews

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:14:35-06:00July 1st, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, adult plumage, bird photography, boulder, chick, curlews, flight, flying, foraging, immature, juvenile, landing, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, wing lift|

The juvenile Long-billed Curlew was foraging and preening in the vegetation on the ground below the adult perched on the boulder

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Great Horned Owl Chick – Angles and Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T10:41:00-06:00September 25th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: angles, background, backgrounds, birds of prey, bokeh, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, grasses, Great Horned Owl, immature, juveniles, ladder, light, old wood, owl, owls, perched, sky, spring, young|

The photographs I have attached to this post are of the same Great Horned Owl fledgling, taken in the same location on the same morning.

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Sage Thrashers

By Mia McPherson|2022-03-13T09:05:09-05:00August 23rd, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, behavior, bird ID, chick, comparison, differences, immature, juveniles, Oreoscoptes montanus, perched, rocks, Sage Thrasher, sunflowers, thrasher, thrashers, young|

Sage Thrashers are from the Mimid family. They forage mainly on the ground for insects, though they do eat berries at times.

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