Salt Lake County – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Birds – Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2011|Categories: American Robins, Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, Belted Kingfisher, bird photography, branches, close to home, Jordan River Parkway Trail, kingfisher, kingfishers, Megaceryle alcyon, perched, robin, robins, sky, spring weather, sucker holes, trees, Turdus migratorius, urban|

I can take advantage of the sucker holes by photographing birds close to home when the sun breaks through the clouds.

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Spring VS Old Man Winter

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2011|Categories: Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Valley, Utah|Tags: April, buds, nature photography, Old Man Winter, photography, snow, spring, spring snow, trees, Utah|

Old Man Winter is still fighting to retain his icy grip on Utah and doesn't seem to want to to surrender the battle with Spring

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American Robin juvenile

By Mia McPherson|March 7th, 2011|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Robin, immature, juvenile, perched, robin, robins, summer., thrush, thrushes, Turdus migratorius, urban, yard, young|

American Robin juvenile photographed in my backyard in Utah as it perched above the grass. Robins are the largest and most abundant North American thrushes.

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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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Bye Bye Blackbirds? The USDA Is Killing Birds With DRC-1339

By Mia McPherson|January 30th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Davis County, European Starlings, Florida, Great-tailed Grackles, Pinellas County, Red-winged Blackbirds, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, Antelope Island State Park, avicide, blackbird, blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bye bye Blackbird, DRC-1339, Euphagus cyanocephalus, European Starling, Great-tailed Grackle, mass bird deaths, mass bird die off, Molothrus ater, poisoned, poisons, Red-winged Blackbird, Salt Lake County, Sturnus vulgaris, USDA, Wildlife Services, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus|

Recently the USDA accepted responsibility for a smaller die off in South Dakota which brought to light a little known program called "Bye bye Blackbird" which uses DRC-1339, a poison that is also called an avicide.

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Big Snow Today!

By Mia McPherson|November 21st, 2010|Categories: Salt Lake County, Scenics, Utah|Tags: landscapes, nature, nature photography, November, photography, scenery, snow, snowscape, Utah|

I knew that when I woke up this morning there was a very good chance the ground would be covered with snow.

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