Lee Kay Ponds – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cooper’s Hawk & European Starling Encounter

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-16T12:48:46-05:00December 10th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, European Starlings, Lee Kay Ponds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, alert, autumn, autumn colors, birds of prey, close up, Cooper’s Hawk, European Starling, fall, fall colors, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, juvenile, perched, portrait, raptors, Sturnus vulgaris|

Then the noise suddenly stopped and I saw the silhouette of a European Starling fly out of the tree with the Cooper's Hawk hot on its tail, literally.

Adult Peregrine Falcon and Godzilla Perched High Over the County Landfill

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-24T06:55:07-05:00September 24th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Lee Kay Ponds, Peregrine Falcons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, dump, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, Godzilla, landfill, odd things I find, perched, Peregrine Falcon, power pole, rusty, Salt Lake County Landfill|

The Peregrine Falcon was quite content on its rusty, lofty perch and didn't do anything but turn its head to see what was going on down below it.

Immature White-crowned Sparrow molting to adult plumage

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-14T05:03:59-05:00November 16th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Lee Kay Ponds, Salt Lake County, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, first winter, immature, juvenile, molting, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

My post today is an image of an immature White-crowned Sparrow molting into adult plumage and two images showing a juvenile and an adult for comparison.