stretch – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rufous Red-tailed Hawk Female Memories

By Mia McPherson|2021-01-28T06:21:20-06:00January 28th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Box Elder County, buteo, Buteo jamaicensis, cliff, cliff face, desert, female, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, resting, rufous, shrub, stretch, stretching, Utah|

This morning I wanted to share a few photos of a stunning rufous Red-tailed Hawk female that I photographed over a period of a couple of years.

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Memories Of Photographing A Very Cooperative Turkey Vulture

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-12T06:16:55-06:00March 15th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, Cathartes aura, cooperative, fence post, memories, perched, photographing, rousing, shaking, spring, stretch, stretching, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, wildflowers, wing, wooden post, yellow wildflowers|

The memories of photographing this Turkey Vulture that spring morning have made me feel excited because these vultures are heading north now and soon I will have them in my viewfinder again.

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Male American Kestrel In A Tree At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-28T05:31:30-06:00February 11th, 2019|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, kestrel, kestrels, lift off, male, stretch, stretching, tree, wings, winter|

I took a long series of photos of this male American Kestrel in a tree at Farmington Bay WMA back in January and decided that I liked these two photos of the kestrel the best.

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Barn Owl, Immature Bald Eagle, California And Ring-billed Gulls

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-24T14:34:50-06:00February 9th, 2019|Categories: Bald Eagles, Barn Owls, Birds, California Gulls, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, behavior, California Gull, eagle, eagles, grasses, gull, gulls, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, head low, hunting, ice, immature, landing, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, marsh, marshes, owl, owls, perched, pole, raptors, Ring-billed Gull, snow, snow-covered, stretch, thin ice, Tyto alba, Wasatch Mountains, wing lift, winter|

So, even though I didn't get great photos yesterday I was glad to get out and photograph a Barn Owl, Bald Eagle and these California and Ring-billed Gulls.

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American Pipit – Stretch, Lift and Fluff

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-05T05:12:16-06:00October 21st, 2017|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, fluffed up, lift, pipit, pipits, rocks, stretch, stretching, wing lift|

American Pipits aren't flashy birds, their coloring might even be called drab by some people, but I have a great time photographing them whenever I can.

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Fleeting Moments With An Immature Black-chinned Hummingbird

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T06:46:23-05:00August 20th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Hummingbirds, Utah|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, bill, Black-chinned Hummingbird, close up, desert, flutter, hummingbird, hummingbirds, immature, island, perched, stretch, summer, tongue, twig, wing lift, young|

Two days ago I had a few fleeting moments with an immature Black-chinned Hummingbird that flew in and landed close to me and I relished every second with it.

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Stretching Barn Swallow Close Up

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-02T08:06:06-05:00June 12th, 2017|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: adult, Barn Swallow, campsite, canyon, fence post, Hirundo rustica, metal post, mountains, post, stretch, stretching, swallow, swallows|

When this Barn Swallow started to stretch its wings I was ready for the action and took several photos of it while it stretched on top of the fence post.

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Breeding and Nonbreeding Forster’s Terns

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-13T03:46:36-05:00April 26th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Florida, Forster's Terns, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, beach, breeding, breeding plumage, Forster's Tern, marsh, nest, nonbreeding, nonbreeding plumage, pair, plumage differences, Sterna forsteri, stretch, tern, terns, wetlands, wing lift|

The differences in breeding and nonbreeding plumage of Forster's Terns is enough that some bird watching and bird photography novices might even think that they are two different species of terns.

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An Exceptionally Obliging Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-16T13:24:13-05:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Cathartes aura, close up, cooperative, desert, fanned, fence post, fluffy, obliging, perched, pooping, portrait, post, raptors, rousing, stretch, stretching, sun, tail, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, warming, wing lift, wooden post|

I found an exceptionally obliging Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County warming up in the morning sun.

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Western Meadowlark in Snow – Stretching, Preening and Resting

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-02T14:07:32-05:00December 19th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, meadowlark, meadowlarks, preening, resting, sage, sagebrush, snow, snow covered, stretch, stretching, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark, wing lift, winter|

I had a great time photographing a Western Meadowlark in snow yesterday on Antelope Island State Park near the White Rock Bay campgrounds.

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Flurry of Snowies in August

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T03:41:14-05:00August 14th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, Bear River, congregation, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, feathers, flight, flurry, flying, land, landing, marsh, preening, rousing, scratching, shaking, Snowy Egret, stretch, stretching, wading birds, wetlands|

There was lots of bird activity yesterday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and a flurry of Snowy Egrets kept things interesting early in the morning.

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