camouflaged – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Northern Harriers Blending Into Their Habitat

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-16T04:34:15-05:00February 11th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: adult, blending in, camouflaged, Circus hudsonius, concealed, female, habitat, harrier, harriers, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hidden, immature, marsh, Marsh hawk, Northern Harrier, raptors, vegetation, young|

For me this female Northern Harrier and the immature harrier in the other photo are a classic examples of what I like to call a hidden treasure type of image.

Great Horned Owl In Desert Habitat

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T05:35:32-06:00November 28th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Great Horned Owls, Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area, Nevada, White Pine County|Tags: adult, arid, arid habitat, autumn, Bubo virginianus, camouflaged, cliff, desert, desert habitat, fall, Great Horned Owl, outcropping, owl, owls, rocks, rocky, side lit, wildflowers|

I reached back into my archives and found this photo of a side lit Great Horned Owl in desert habitat that I spotted from one of the dirt access roads that lead to the Mt. Moriah Wilderness of eastern Nevada in 2012.

Camouflaged Wilson’s Plover Chick

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-04T03:50:28-05:00April 28th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: beach, camouflage, camouflaged, Charadrius wilsonia, chick, chicks, cryptic plumage pattern, disappear, dune, habitat, juvenile, plover, plovers, protection, sand, shorebirds, vegetation, Wilson's Plover, wrack line|

I knew where this camouflaged Wilson's Plover chick was when I photographed it from a distance but realized that if I didn't point out that there was a chick in the image that other people might not even know it was there.