Sawgrass Lake Park – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

World Water Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-02T05:37:24-06:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, American Coots, aspens, Box Elder County, canyon, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, clouds, conifers, coots, creek, Cygnus columbianus, Fish Springs Range, flight, flock, Florida, flying, footbridge, foothills, grass, grasses, hills, ice, immature, Juab County, maple swamp, marsh, mountains, Pinellas County, pond, Promontory Mountains, rapids, reflections, river, rocks, rushing, sage, sagebrush, Sawgrass Lake Park, shadows, shrubs, sky, snow, snow-topped, spring, summer, swamp, swan, swans, trail, trees, Tundra Swan, Utah, valley, water, waterfowl, west desert, wetlands, Wigeon Pond, willows, winter, young|

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

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Goin’ Green

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-17T12:02:48-05:00April 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Monk Parakeets, Roosevelt Wetlands, Sawgrass Lake Park, USF Botanical Garden|Tags: bird photography, birds, Florida, Monk Parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus, nature, nature photography, photography, Roosevelt Wetlands, Sawgrass Lake Park, USF Botanical Garden|

I've posted about Thinking Pink and Shades of Blue so today I thought I'd share some images about Goin' Green.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile – Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T07:27:46-06:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park, Small in the frame|Tags: bamboo, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, early morning light, Florida, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, small in the frame, spring, swamp, trees|

Five days ago I posted a Bald Eagle image where the eagle was small in the frame and explained that I felt that the setting was as important as the subject, I also feel that way about this image of a Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile perched in a tree.

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Peppervine ~ Common but Delightful

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T11:25:00-05:00February 15th, 2012|Categories: Florida, Sawgrass Lake Park, Wildflowers|Tags: Ampelopsis arborea, bird attracting, bokeh, Florida, native, nature, Peppervine, Sawgrass Lake Park, vine, vines, wildflowers|

Although Peppervine is considered a problem by some people because of their growth habit I think in the natural setting of Saw Grass County Park it fits in quite wonderfully.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T06:54:07-06:00August 8th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Portraits, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: Buteo lineatus, close up, fledgling, Florida, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, Pinellas County, portrait, raptor, RAW files, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, swamp, young|

This very cooperative juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was used to the people who frequented Sawgrass County Park and it would land very close to humans.

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