color – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Uinta Ground Squirrels With Blue, Green And Gold Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-18T15:13:06-05:00May 12th, 2020|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, background, blue, canyon, color, gold, grass, grasses, green, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, leafless, mountains, shaded, squirrel, squirrels, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, willows|

Early this month I was able to create this golden background by having leafless willows that line the creek below the road behind the Uinta Ground Squirrel when I photographed it.

Female Red-winged Blackbirds – Frequency in Misidentification

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-28T03:59:20-05:00June 14th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah|Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, bill shape, bill size, bird identification, blackbird, blackbirds, body size, color, common, eye color, female, females, identification, keys, leg color, leg length, male, males, misidentification, misidentified, plumage patterns, Red-winged Blackbird, sexual dimorphism, shape|

Female Red-winged Blackbirds seem to be the birds that are most often misidentified probably because they look so different from the males. Red-winged Blackbirds are sexually dimorphic .

Lovely September Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-12T05:22:10-05:00September 8th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: autumn, clouds, color, Lower Lake, marsh, mountains, refuge, sky, unwinding, water, wetlands|

I am camping in one of my favorite locations in the world right now, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.