breakfast – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Baby American Coot Images

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-24T03:36:39-05:00August 24th, 2023|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, baby, breakfast, chicks, coot, coots, eating, Fulica americana, immature, juvenile, morning, park, pond, summer, urban, water, young|

Yesterday morning, I spent some time taking photos of baby American Coots not far from where I live. It does seem late in the summer for coot chicks.

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Fall Immature White-faced Ibis

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-06T03:32:32-05:00October 6th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-faced Ibises|Tags: autumn, breakfast, eating, fall, foraging, ibis, ibises, immature, marsh, Plegadis chihi, scarfing, standing, wading birds, water, wetlands, White-faced Ibis|

I didn't anticipate seeing many birds when I arrived in Farmington Bay early yesterday morning. I was tickled to photograph this immature White-faced Ibis.

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Least Chipmunk And Serviceberries

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-12T03:11:39-05:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Amelanchier utahensis, berries, berry, breakfast, canyon, chipmunk, chipmunks, chowing down, close up, eating, face, flowering shrub, fruit, fruiting shrub, fruits, funny, Least Chipmunk, leaves, mountains, ripe, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, staring, stretching, summer, Utah Serviceberry|

Warning: More cute Least Chipmunk photos ahead plus serviceberries high in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I just can't resist them and I don't want to.

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First Winter Common Goldeneye Drake Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-02-01T05:17:05-06:00January 24th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: 1st winter, bill, breakfast, Bucephala clangula, catch light, Common Goldeneye, crawdad, crayfish, diving ducks, drake, duck, eating, first winter, goldeneye, goldeneyes, immature, male, paddling, pond, prey, Salt Lake County, swallowing, swimming, urban, Utah, water, winter, young|

Two days ago I spent a lot of time focused on a first winter Common Goldeneye drake as he swam, foraged, and ate at an urban pond close to home.

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Urban Raptor Photography

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-16T11:30:01-05:00January 17th, 2021|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, adult, Bald Eagle, bird, birds of prey, branches, breakfast, Cooper’s Hawk, eagle, eagles, eating, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, hawk, home, living room, low light, neighborhood, raptor photography, raptors, tree, urban, window, winter|

When I first moved to Utah in 2009 I never expected to be able to do urban raptor photography from my living room window.

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