bank – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Murmuration Of European Starlings On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-16T03:55:57-06:00December 16th, 2023|Categories: Birds, European Starlings, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, bank, blasting off, constellation, edge, European Starling, fall, flight, flock, flying, lifting off, Murmuration, murmurations, on the wing, park, pond, shore, sky, starling, starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, taking off, trees, urban, water|

I wasn't the only person who noticed the huge murmuration of European Starlings at my local pond yesterday morning; other people stopped and admired them too.

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Fall American White Pelican Images At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-27T03:56:25-05:00October 27th, 2023|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: American White Pelican, autumn, bank, Bear River, fall, flock, grasses, marsh, mountains, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, river, riverbank, shore, summer, water, waterbirds, wetlands|

On this fall morning, I'm sharing three American White Pelican images from Bear River MBR taken earlier this week and a bonus flock photo from last year.

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Golden Hour: Urban Great Blue Heron

By Mia McPherson|2023-02-26T03:13:06-06:00February 26th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Ardea herodias, bank, early morning light, golden light, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, park, pond, shadow, shore, urban, wading birds, water, winter|

The last time I photographed at a local park I found a Great Blue Heron resting in the water at the edge of a pond in the golden light found just after dawn.

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Four Double-crested Cormorants Resting On The Bank Of The Bear River

By Mia McPherson|2022-03-09T04:49:03-06:00March 9th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Utah|Tags: adult, bank, Bear River, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, drying, marsh, Nannopterum auritus, river, river bank, snag, stump, sunning, vegetation, warming, water, water birds, wetlands, winter|

After driving the auto tour loop at Bear River MBR two days ago I stopped to photograph four Double-crested Cormorants resting on the bank of the Bear River.

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Great Blue Heron On The Bear River

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-15T03:37:13-06:00February 23rd, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: Ardea herodias, bank, Bear River, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, ice, marsh, phragmites, phrags, river bank, shore, vegetation, wading birds, warming up, water, wetlands, winter|

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR when I found a Great Blue Heron warming up on the bank of the Bear River I considered not taking any images of it.

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Riverbank Red-tailed Hawk Dining Al Fresco

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-08T03:21:56-06:00January 9th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: al fresco, bank, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, close up, dining, eating, first winter, grass, grasses, Great Blue Heron, hawk, hawks, ice, immature, portrait, prey, raptors, river, river bank, riverbank, Utah, wetlands, winter, young|

Yesterday morning I photographed an immature Red-tailed Hawk dining al fresco on the bank of the Bear River on my way back to I-15 to head home.

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Snowy Egret With The Strangest Shadows I Have Ever Seen – How Does This Even Happen?

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-01T05:12:01-05:00October 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, bank, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, enclosed, fall, inside, legs, light, marsh, morning light, odd, projected, reflection, reflections, secondary shadow, shadow, shadows, Snowy Egret, strange, strangest, wading birds, water, weird, wetlands|

Yesterday morning I took a series of photos of a Snowy Egret at Farmington Bay WMA with the strangest shadows I have ever seen.

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Photographing An Immature Great Blue Heron At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-25T07:00:43-05:00November 19th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Great Blue Herons, Utah|Tags: Ardea herodias, bank, foraging, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, immature, looking, marsh, mud, overhead, photographing, rocks, shore, sky, wading birds, water, young|

Three days ago I spotted an immature Great Blue Heron resting at the edge of the water at Farmington Bay WMA and couldn't resist taking photos of it.

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Immature Green-tailed Towhee Next To A Creek

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-13T14:44:29-05:00July 25th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: bank, canyon, chicks, creek, creek bank., Green-tailed Towhee, ground, immature, juvenile, mountains, Pipilo chlorurus, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees, water, young|

This was the first immature Green-tailed Towhee I have seen this breeding season and I am hoping that it won't be the last one I photograph this year.

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