clear – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring Views Of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|June 6th, 2025|Categories: American Bison, Comanche County, Elk, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Bison, Bison, Bison bison, boulders, building, Calves, Cervus canadensis, Charon's Garden, clear, Cleopatra's Cluster, cooling, day, early morning, Elk, field, grazing, Jed Johnson Tower, lake, Lake Jed Johnson, landscape, low light, mammals, meadow, mixed-grass prairie, morning, morning light, mountains, Post Oak Lake, Reds, reflections, resting, rock formation, rocks, rocky, scenery, sky, spring, Treasure Lake, trees, view, water|

I wanted to share these spring views of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge while it’s still spring. Summer isn’t all that far off now, so today’s the day.

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Springtime Rock Wren Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rock Wrens, Utah|Tags: adult, blue, Box Elder County, clear, cliff, desert, desert habitat, lichen, lichen covered, lichens, nesting materials, perched, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Salpinctes obsoletus, sky, spring, staring, Utah, wren, wrens|

Any time I have a Rock Wren in my viewfinder is a good day for me. Yesterday was an especially good day because I had two nesting adult Rock Wrens to focus on.

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Winter Canada Geese – Longing For Cooler, Smoke and Wildfire Free Days

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, clear, geese, goose, landing, pond, portrait, waterfowl, winter|

I've spent a lifetime appreciating these large geese and when I have lived in locations where Canada Geese weren't present I have missed hearing them calling overhead or seeing them floating by on the water.

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Drake Redhead Photos Taken in Different Lighting Conditions

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, Aythya americana, clear, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, low light, male, morning, pond, Redhead, snow, snowy, urban, waterfowl, winter|

I enjoy viewing the image of the drake Redhead on the snowy January morning just as much as the drake Redhead photo on a clear February afternoon, they both show the ducks doing what ducks do no matter what the weather is doing.

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