dark morph – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Reddish Egret Up Close And Not So Close

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, dark morph, drunken sailor, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, fine detail, head shot, photography, portrait, wading birds|

Today I wanted to share another example of close up and full body images of another one of my favorite birds; the Reddish Egret.

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Frustrations in Bird Photography – Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Ferruginous Hawks, Frustrations in bird photography, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, Buteos, dark morph, farmlands, Ferruginous Hawk, flight, flying, frustrations in bird photography, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, open wings, power lines, raptors, screaming, summer|

The dark morph Ferruginous Hawk above had just lifted off from a power pole when I photographed it with a partly cloudy sky in the background.

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Two different Swainson’s Hawks

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, dark morph, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, intermediate morph, light morph, perched, plumage, raptors, sub-adult, Swainson's Hawk, valley|

Red-tailed Hawks have the most variable plumages of North American hawks but Swainson's Hawks are also pretty variable, there are light morphs, intermediate morphs and dark morphs.

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Harlan’s Hawk Juvenile With An American Coot (Graphic)

By Mia McPherson|January 23rd, 2013|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Harlan's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: American Coot, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo jamaicensis harlani, dark morph, food, Fulica americana, Harlan's Hawk, hawks, immature, juvenile, prey, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, young|

I haven't had many opportunities to photograph the Harlan's subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk so I was thrilled yesterday when I spotted a juvenile dark morph Harlan's Hawk feeding on a dead American Coot on the bank of a creek.

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Reddish Egret Morphs

By Mia McPherson|December 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, coast, coastal, dancing, dark morph, Egretta rufescens, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, nature, Pinellas County, Reddish Egret, tidal lagoon, white morph|

These two Reddish Egrets; a dark and a white morph, were photographed on the same day at Fort De Soto's north beach in May of 2009 and both of them were showing signs of being in breeding plumage.

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Reddish Egret Flying Over The Dunes

By Mia McPherson|October 9th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, clouds, coast, coastal, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, flight, flying, nonbreeding plumage, Pinellas County, Reddish Egret, sand dunes, sky, spring, stormy sky, wading bird|

Just a very simple image today of a Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) flying over some sand dunes.

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Reddish Egret At Low Tide

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: bird photography, breeding plumage, coastal island, dark morph, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, low tide, Reddish Egret, shore, shoreline, wading birds, water|

This adult Reddish Egret was going into breeding plumage, it has the pink and black bi-colored bill and the lores are turning bluish purple.

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Reddish Egret With Lunch

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, bird photography, coastal, dark morph, Deepwater Horizon, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, fish, Gulf Coast, habitat destruction, lagoon, oil spills, Reddish Egret, wading birds, water|

I photographed this Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) in October of 2008 at Fort De Soto's north beach.

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Reddish Egrets

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Reddish Egrets|Tags: dark morph, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, fish, Gulf of Mexico, Low angle, nature, perched, preening, prey, Reddish Egret, shot from below, snag, tree, water, waves|

While I lived in Florida I took thousands (and thousands) of images of Reddish Egrets and I am very glad that I did because they are rarities in Utah, where I now live.

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