tumbleweeds – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male Short-eared Owls On the Prowl in Idaho, Montana and Utah

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T13:18:51-05:00April 3rd, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Idaho, Montana, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, birds of prey, early morning, grasses, low light, male, males, Owls of Idaho, Owls of Montana, Owls of Utah, perched, post, rousing, short-eared, Short-eared Owl, spring, tumbleweeds|

Short-eared Owls are nomadic so the places where I saw and photographed these male Short-eared Owls last year may or may not have owls this breeding season.

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Fledgling Short-eared Owl in Tumbleweeds

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T14:13:43-05:00May 27th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: Asio flammeus, birds of prey, fence, fledgling, owls, Owls of Utah, Short-eared Owl, tumbleweeds|

How could I resist taking images of a fledgling Short-eared Owl in tumbleweeds? I just couldn't.

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Northern Utah Short-eared Owls

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-04T03:46:23-05:00April 4th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, attack, barbed wire, Canis latrans, Coyote, fence post, male, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, perched, post, Short-eared Owl, spring, tumbleweeds, wooden post|

Yesterday it was the northern Utah Short-eared Owls that made me so very glad that I am a bird photographer and that for a little while I am part of their world.

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Peregrine Falcon on a Tumbleweed Perch

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-24T08:47:54-05:00November 8th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Peregrine Falcons, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, Great Salt Lake, hatch year bird, immature, Peregrine Falcon, raptors, tumbleweeds, young|

I was delighted to have a minute or two with this immature Peregrine Falcon on a tumbleweed perch in northern Utah. It made my day.

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