sea foam – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Oystercatcher in sea foam

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:09:27-06:00June 13th, 2014|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Florida Botanical Gardens|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, bird photography, bird watching, birding, birds, Haematopus palliatus, nature photography, Pinellas County, sea foam, wildlife photography|

Just a simple post of an American Oystercatcher about to be awash in sea foam at Fort De Soto's north beach taken back in September of 2008.

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Willet Delight

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-25T08:56:16-05:00January 13th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Willets|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, Gulf of Mexico, sandpiper, sandpipers, sea foam, shore, shorebirds, sweet light, Tringa semipalmata, waves, Willet, willets|

For those of us; including myself, who are tired of gray, cold days I thought this Willet photographed in Florida might delight in the sweet light, sea foam and warm Gulf waters the image contains.

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Tricolored Heron in Sea Foam

By Mia McPherson|2020-01-20T04:33:24-06:00September 13th, 2012|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, Egretta tricolor, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, hunting, sea foam, shoreline, Tricolored Heron, wading birds, water, waves|

I photographed this Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) a few years ago when I still lived in Florida.

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Willet in the surf of the Gulf of Mexico

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-25T10:22:52-05:00July 16th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Willets|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, crasshing waves, Down & Dirty, Gulf of Mexico, low ISO, sea foam, shorebird, shorebirds, surf, Tringa semipalmata, water, waves, Willet, willets|

Getting "Down & Dirty" pays off when photographing shorebirds like this Willet in the surf I photographed in Florida as it walked along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Willets – In Utah and Florida

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-07T05:36:28-05:00May 3rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, beach, calling, coast, early morning light, grasslands, Gulf of Mexico, marshes, rabbitbrush, rock, rocks, sandpipers, sea foam, shorebirds, stretching, tidal lagoons, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, water, waves, Willet, willets|

Willets have returned to Utah, on the causeway to Antelope Island hundreds of them can be seen in the shallow water. They seem to spend some time there fattening up after migration before they get down to the serious business of mating and rearing their young.

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