adult – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Carolina Chickadee Plus A Trumpet Vine Sphinx Moth

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Chickadees, Sebastian County, Trumpet Vine Sphinx Moths|Tags: adult, Carolina Chickadee, chickadee, chickadees, close up, driftwood, feeder, garden, insects, moth, moths, Paratrea plebeja, Poecile carolinensis, side view, sphinx, summer, Trumpet Vine Sphinx, Trumpet Vine Sphinx moth, yard|

Today, I am sharing Carolina Chickadee photos, plus a Trumpet Vine Sphinx moth that was on the driftwood where the chickadee landed two days ago in Arkansas.

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Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada Photos

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Cicadas, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Cicada, cicadas, Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada, garden, insects, Megatibicen figuratus, pine branch, summer, urban, yard|

After sharing a photo of me photographing a cicada shell on a tree yesterday, I thought I'd share photos of a Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada today.

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More New Butterflies At Sequoyah NWR!

By Mia McPherson|August 16th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies, Viceroy Butterflies|Tags: adult, Arkansas River, Battus philenor, Bog Smartweed, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Epargyreus clarus, grass, grasses, insects, Johnson Grass, Limenitis archippus, nectaring, Nekemias arborea, Papilio troilus, Peppervine, Persicaria setacea, Pipevine Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, river, riverbank, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly, skipper, skippers, Sorghum halepense, Spicebush Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, summer, swallowtail, swallowtails, Viceroy, Viceroy butterfly, Viceroys, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Yesterday, when I shared the pale young Raccoon, I mentioned that I also photographed some butterflies at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Here they are!

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Summer White-breasted Nuthatch In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|August 14th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-breasted Nuthatches|Tags: adult, feeder, gaden, nuthatch, nuthatches, Sitta carolinensis, summer, urban, vine, White-breasted Nuthatch, yard|

It has been a while since I photographed a White-breasted Nuthatch. I did just that yesterday and thought that I would share it this morning. And why not?

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Springtime Raccoon At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|August 10th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Raccoons, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branches, leaves, mammals, morning light, Procyon lotor, Raccoon, raccoons, racoons, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, spring, sunrise, tree, willows|

I've been meaning to share this Raccoon photo since April. This image was taken on my second trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma this spring.

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American Robin Nesting In August In Arkansas?

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2024|Categories: American Robins, Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, American Robin, garden, grass, grasses, nesting, nesting material, robin, robins, summer, thrush, thrushes, Turdus migratorius, urban, yard|

I never thought I'd see an American Robin nesting in August, but I have. August in Arkansas should be too hot for robins to be nesting now. I guess it’s not.

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Savannah Sparrow In The Centennial Valley Of Montana

By Mia McPherson|August 7th, 2024|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Savannah Sparrows|Tags: adult, Passerculus sandwichensis, perched, river, riverbank, Savannah Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, spring, valley, water, wetlands|

I was looking through some older files for an image licensing request when I came across this photo of a Savannah Sparrow that I took in Montana in 2016.

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Morning Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird Drama

By Mia McPherson|August 5th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Archilochus colubris, blur, branch, feeder, garden, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, male, morning, perched, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, stick, summer, twig, urban, wings, yard|

Early yesterday morning, I had a handsome male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in my viewfinder. Suddenly, another hummingbird flew in, putting him on high alert.

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Fox Squirrel Eating Acorns

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fox Squirrels, Sebastian County|Tags: acorn, acorns, adult, chowing down, eating, Fox Squirrel, garden, male, mammals, nibbling, oak tree, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, summer, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, urban, yard|

Because of cloudy then scorching hot weather, I didn't get out to photograph yesterday morning. But the day before, I focused on a Fox Squirrel eating acorns.

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Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird In My Viewfinder

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Archilochus colubris, branch, feeder, garden, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, male, perched, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, stick, stuck out, summer, tongue, twig, urban, yard|

I finally have male Ruby-throated Hummingbird photos that I am happy with. It's about time, isn't it? He isn't a lifer; I've photographed this species before.

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Young Eastern Bluebird Fledging Day

By Mia McPherson|July 31st, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, chick, delivering, Eastern Bluebird, feeding, female, fledge, fledging, food, garden, grub, hungry, immature, juvenile, leaving, male, natural, nest box, nestbox, Sialia sialis, spotlight, summer, thrush, thrushes, urban, vignette, yard, young|

Yesterday morning, the Eastern Bluebird in Steve Creek's third brood fledged. We sat for hours on his deck, waiting for the one chick to leave the nest box.

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Lifer Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonfly Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2024|Categories: Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dragonflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, clubtail, clubtails, dragonflies, dragonfly, Dromogomphus spoliatus, Flag-tailed Spinyleg, Flag-tailed Spinyleg dragonfly, gravel, insects, path, summer|

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, I took lifer Flag-tailed Spinyleg dragonfly images while walking a road with my friend Steve Creek.

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Great Blue Heron at Sally Jones Lake – Small In Frame

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, cattails, foraging, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Sally Jones Lake, scenery, scenic, summer, tree, wading birds, water|

When I was walking around Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, I stopped to photograph a foraging Great Blue Heron at Sally Jones Lake.

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Differential And Two-striped Grasshopper Images

By Mia McPherson|July 28th, 2024|Categories: Differential Grasshoppers, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Two-striped Grasshoppers|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, breeding, Differential Grasshopper, grass, grasses, grasshopper, grasshoppers, insects, Johnson Grass, mates, mating, Melanoplus bivittatus, Melanoplus differentialis, Sorghum halepense, summer, Two-striped Grasshopper|

Let's hop right into the photos I am sharing today! I took Differential and Two-striped Grasshopper images while walking around Sequoyah NWR with Steve Creek.

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Photographing A Young Northern Mockingbird

By Mia McPherson|July 27th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, fierce, garden, ground, immature, mimids, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, perched, spring, urban, vine, yard, young|

I was delighted yesterday when I had the chance to photograph a young Northern Mockingbird that landed in a nearby oak tree. Naturally, I took photos.

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Tufted Titmouse And Carolina Chickadee Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Chickadees, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, Baeolophus bicolor, Carolina Chickadee, chickadee, chickadees, dark background, feeder, garden, hatch year, immature, low key, perched, Poecile carolinensis, summer, titmice, titmouse, titmouses, Tufted Titmouse, urban, yard, young|

It's been a minute since I shared bird images. Today I am sharing Tufted Titmouse and Carolina Chickadee photos. Are they dark and moody, or are they low key?

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Lifer Western Ribbon Snake At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 25th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Western Ribbon Snakes|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, close up, grass, grasses, head on, Johnson Grass, portrait, reptiles, ribbon snake, ribbon snakes, snake, snakes, Sorghum halepense, summer, Thamnophis proximus, Western Ribbon Snake|

Yesterday morning, I took my lifer Western Ribbon Snake photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. These ribbon snakes are small, I almost missed spotting it!

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Coyote On The Move At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 24th, 2024|Categories: Coyotes, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Video|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Canis latrans, close up, Coyote, coyotes, female, field, grass, mammals, presumed female, soybeans, summer|

Yesterday, there was some excitement at the refuge. Steve Creek and I photographed a Bobcat and Coyote showdown, and then we followed the Coyote.

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Green Heron Images From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Green Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Arkansas River, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branch, Butorides virescens, duckweed, foraging, Green Heron, heron, herons, lift off, mud, sky, small in frame, sub-adult, subadult, summer, take off, vines, wading birds, water|

This morning, I'm sharing three Green Heron photos plus a short video that were taken at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma earlier this month.

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Inca Dove Lifer In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Inca Doves, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Columbina inca, dove, doves, feeder, garden, Inca Dove, pine straw, summer, urban, yard|

I was thrilled two days ago to photograph my lifer Inca Dove in the yard of my friend and talented photographer, Steve Creek, in Arkansas. I was beyond excited.

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Eastern Bluebird Images: Near The Birdbath

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bathing, bird bath, birdbath, bluebird, bluebirds, driftwood, dropping down, Eastern Bluebird, female, garden, immature, looking down, male, Sialia sialis, summer, thrush, thrushes, urban, yard, young|

I'm sharing these seven Eastern Bluebird images that I took yesterday because I like them and because I am getting behind on sharing Arkansas photos.

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Hackberry Emperor Butterfly On The Hood

By Mia McPherson|July 20th, 2024|Categories: Hackberry Emperor Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Asterocampa celtis, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, brushfooted, butterflies, butterfly, Hackberry Emperor, Hackberry Emperor butterfly, hood, spread, summer, Tacoma, Toyota, truck, windshield, wings|

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning, I had a very unique experience photographing a lovely Hackberry Emperor Butterfly.

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Carolina Wren Photos: Conquering A Nemesis

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Wrens, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, alert, Arkansas, branch, Carolina Wren, crouching, foraging, garden, nemesis, perched, rock, Sebastian County, summer, Thryothorus ludovicianus, urban, vine, wren, wrens, yard|

Who knew that I'd be taking Carolina Wren photos yesterday? I didn't, even though I've been seeing or hearing them daily here. They have just been too skittish.

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Common Eastern Velvet Ant Images

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Common Eastern Velvet Ants, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Common Eastern Velvet Ant, cow killer, Dasymutilla occidentalis, Dusty Miller, female, flowers, garden, male, parasitoid wasp, parasitoid wasps, Senecio cineraria, summer, urban, wasp, wasps, yard|

Yesterday, I took Common Eastern Velvet Ant images in Steve Creek's yard after seeing one of them on what I believe are Dusty Miller plants in his garden.

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Gray Treefrog On A Lotus Leaf

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2024|Categories: Gray Treefrogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Lotus, aquatic wildflower, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Complex Hyla versicolor, frog, frogs, Gray Treefrog, Gray Treefrog Species Complex, Hyla versicolor, leaf, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, water droplets, white wildflower, yellow wildflower|

This morning I am sharing a simple photo of an adult Gray Treefrog on a lotus leaf taken at Sequoyah NWR. Or is it so simple? Maybe it is more complex.

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One Chonky Carolina Chickadee In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|July 14th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Chickadees, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Carolina Chickadee, chickadee, chickadees, chonky, fluffy, garden, perched, Poecile carolinensis, summer, urban, vine, yard|

I seem to be on a "chonky" subject streak lately including a chonky cowbird and green tree frog so I am continuing that streak with a chonky Carolina Chickadee.

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American Green Tree Frog Images From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 13th, 2024|Categories: American Green Tree Frogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Green Tree Frog, American Lotus, amphibians, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, frog, frogs, Geen Treefrogs, Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea, lotus, lotuses, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, water|

I'm trying to get caught up with photos I haven't shared yet, so today I am sharing a few American Green Tree Frog photos I've taken at Sequoyah NWR recently.

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My Lifer Bobcat Photos At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|July 11th, 2024|Categories: Bobcats, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Bobcat, bobcats, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, feline, felines, grass, grasses, gravel road, haze, itch, landscape, Lynx rufus, mammals, Oklahoma, road, scenic, scratching, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, shadows, sitting, summer, tree, trees|

Yesterday morning, I took my first Bobcat photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, thanks to my dear friend Steve Creek letting me know where it was.

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly Photo And Video

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2024|Categories: Blue Dasher Dragonflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Blue Dasher, Blue Dasher dragonfly, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, dasher, dashers, dragonflies, dragonfly, male, mite, odonata, Pachydiplax longipennis, perched, skimmer, skimmers, summer|

I'm a bird photographer who sometimes can't resist photographing other things with wings which includes this male Blue Dasher dragonfly I saw yesterday morning.

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Great Blue Heron And Bog Smartweed

By Mia McPherson|July 6th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Bog Smartweed, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, blooming, blossoms, Bog Smartweed, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, close up, flowering, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Miner's Cove, native, Persicaria setacea, portrait, slough, summer., wading birds, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

After a great session photographing young Barred Owls at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I also took some photos of a Great Blue Heron in a nearby slough.

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