coastal island – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Horned Owl Chick In Coastal Florida

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-05T04:03:51-06:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: barrier island, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal, coastal island, coastal key, dead tree, Great Horned Owl, Gulf Coast, immature, owl, owlet, owls, pine forest, raptors, slash pine forest, snag, tree, winter, young|

This image of a Great Horned Owl chick resting near its nest on the coast Florida in lovely afternoon light brings back wonderful memories for me. It was 2008.

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An Osprey and a Whiting over Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-14T16:19:08-05:00October 20th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: clouds, coastal habitat, coastal island, fish, Fish Hawk, flight, flying, Osprey, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, prey, raptor, raptors, sky, spring, Whiting|

This Osprey image was taken in April of 2009 at Fort De Soto's north beach. I had been photographing smaller birds that were close to me when I noticed the Osprey flying in with a whiting.

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Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T16:51:46-06:00March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, back lit, barrier island, branch, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal island, feeding, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, key, owl, owlet, owls, pine, slash pine forest, tree, winter, young|

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

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Fish Crows – Why I Can’t Dislike Them

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-22T07:15:56-06:00August 13th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key State Park, Fish Crows, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Gopher Tortoises, Pinellas County|Tags: coastal, coastal island, coastal key, Corvus ossifragus, crow, crows, environment, Fish Crow, Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, natural balance, No Pets, shorebird conservationists, sign, tortoise, tortoises|

I was going to do a simple post about this image of a Fish Crow with a young Gopher Tortoise in its bill that was taken on Egmont Key State Park (also Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge), an island located just to the west of Fort De Soto, Florida.

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