attitude – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Northern Mockingbird Chick With A Big Attitude

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: attitude, baby, chick, fledgling, garden, immature, juvenile, lifted, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, pine, pine tree, suburban, summer, tree, wings, yard, young|

I'm sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.

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Adult Tufted Titmouse Attitude

By Mia McPherson|June 14th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: adult, attitude, Baeolophus bicolor, branch, defensive behavior, perched, spring, titmouse, Tufted Titmouse, wooded, yard|

I liked how this image showed great Tufted Titmouse attitude. As small as this species is, they aren't afraid to get in the faces of much larger birds.

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Immature Red-tailed Hawk With ‘Tude

By Mia McPherson|October 24th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: attitude, autumn, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff, desert, fall, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, laughing, laughter, lichen, looking, perception, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, sky, surly, young|

While I was up in far northern Utah last week, the first bird I photographed was this immature Red-tailed Hawk that seemed to have a surly attitude about it.

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Adult Pied-billed Grebe In Breeding Plumage

By Mia McPherson|March 4th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake Valley, Utah|Tags: adult, attitude, breeding plumage, Definitive Alternate Plumage, grebe, grebes, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, urban, water, winter|

While I was at my local pond three days ago this Pied-billed Grebe in breeding plumage caught my eyes because of its attitude.

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Male Horned Lark

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks|Tags: adult, attitude, Eremophila alpestris, ground, Horned Lark, human attribute, lark, larks, male, road, sandy, spring, threat display|

Two days ago while on Antelope Island I photographed a male Horned Lark that seemed to have a big attitude which was really about him defending his territory.

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