American Avocets – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Avocets at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|March 18th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, avocet, avocets, bird photography, birding, Box Elder County, breeding plumage, nature, pond, Recurvirostra americana, shallow, spring, wildlife photography|

American Avocets are birds that I look forward to seeing in spring. I have already seen some from a distance this year.

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Signs of Spring ~ American Avocets and Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Double-crested Cormorants, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, avocet, avocets, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, flight, Nannopterum auritus, Recurvirostra americana, Salt Lake County, shorebirds, spring, swimming, urban, Utah, waterbirds|

I was right on the ID and saw not just one but two of American Avocets in flying along the causeway. Wow, more "spring birds"!

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Flat tires, Cattle, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Glacier National Park and Short-eared Owls

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2011|Categories: Alapacas, American Avocets, Cut Bank, Glacier National Park, Humor, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls|Tags: alfalfa, Alpacas, Asio flammeus, Big Sky Sports & Service, bird photography, cattle, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, conservation grazing, CRP land, ear tufts, early morning, fencepost, flat tires, fog, forests, Going-to-the-Sun-Road, grasslands, Lima, low light, mountains, nature, photography, Recurvirostra americana, Rod Wellington, sagebrush, Short-eared Owl, views, wildlife, willows|

The first destination was Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge a place I've become very familiar with and a location that I think is incredibly beautiful.

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Midges and Birds – Food for thought

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Marsh Wrens, Midges, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, American Avocet, bird photography, birds that eat midges, Chironomidae, Cistothorus palustris, Cliff Swallow, displaying, Marsh Wren, midge, midges, nest building, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Recurvirostra americana, singing, wetlands, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

This is the time of the year that "midges" are as thick as flies on you-know-what at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Coming Soon To A View Near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

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