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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.

Hawk In The West Desert Perched In A Dead Juniper

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-27T13:14:43-05:00September 12th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, dead tree, desert, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hill, hillside, juniper, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, wildflowers|

I don't usually share photos where the main subject is facing away from me but I liked the alert pose of this raptor as it perched in the dead but distant juniper tree.