forecast – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male Great-tailed Grackle On A Weathervane

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-23T04:30:05-05:00October 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bass weathervane, blackbirds, city park, clouds, fall, forecast, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, male, park, perched, Quiscalus mexicanus, sky, urban, weatherforecast, Weathervane|

Today, I'm sharing a photo of a male Great-tailed Grackle perched on a weathervane. I took this photo while walking down at one of my local ponds last week.

Groundhog Day 2022 – What It Means To Me In Utah

By Mia McPherson|2022-02-02T05:38:53-06:00February 2nd, 2022|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, burrow, desert, female, forecast, grass, grasses, male, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, rocks, snow, snow pack, spring, winter, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

Groundhog Day is simply another day where I grow even more concerned about life giving water here in Utah. I'm not superstitious. I rely on facts.

Preening Ring-billed Gull in a Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|2017-07-03T04:51:21-05:00July 3rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: forecast, gull, gulls, high temps, Larus delawarensis, preening, Ring-billed Gull, Salt Lake Valley, snow, snow storm|

I photographed this preening Ring-billed Gull in a snow storm in January of this year at a pond near where I live and it was pretty chilly that day.