CRP land – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Short-eared Owl photobombed by a butterfly

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Montana, Short-eared Owls|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, birds of prey, cabbage butterfly, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP land, farmlands, fence post, owl, owls, Short-eared Owl, summer, wooden post|

My only wish for this image is that the butterfly had been as sharply in focus as the Short-eared Owl was but with bird photography you never know what might show up in the frame.

Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Montana, Short-eared Owls|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, bird photography, birds of prey, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP land, ear tuft, fence post, male, owl, owls, Owls of Montana, perched, Short-eared Owl, summer|

Two years ago I photographed this male Short-eared Owl in Glacier County, Montana on a fence post on the perimeter of some CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land on an August evening.

Flat tires, Cattle, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Glacier National Park and Short-eared Owls

By Mia McPherson|August 20th, 2011|Categories: Alapacas, American Avocets, Cut Bank, Glacier National Park, Humor, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls|Tags: alfalfa, Alpacas, Asio flammeus, Big Sky Sports & Service, bird photography, cattle, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, conservation grazing, CRP land, ear tufts, early morning, fencepost, flat tires, fog, forests, Going-to-the-Sun-Road, grasslands, Lima, low light, mountains, nature, photography, Recurvirostra americana, Rod Wellington, sagebrush, Short-eared Owl, views, wildlife, willows|

The first destination was Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge a place I've become very familiar with and a location that I think is incredibly beautiful.