distance – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cooper’s Hawk – Nearly Hidden And In Plain Sight

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-17T04:56:08-05:00March 17th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: accipiter, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, autumn, branches, canyon, Cooper’s Hawk, cryptic plumage, distance, fall, fence, First Spring, hatch year, hawk, hawks, hidden, immature, Morgan County, mountains, perched, plain, raptors, resting, Salt Lake County, sight, tree, trees, urban, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, winter, wooden fence, woodlands, young|

Two days ago, while I was photographing some Rock Squirrels, I saw a beautiful immature Cooper's Hawk fly in and land in a tangle of trees near the squirrels.

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Pied-billed Grebe – From A Distance And Up Close

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-28T05:08:16-06:00January 28th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, close up, Definitive Alternate Plumage, Definitive Basic Plumage, distance, grebe, grebes, nonbreeding plumage, park, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, pond, up close, urban, water, waterbirds, winter|

While I was out enjoying some sunshine yesterday morning, I photographed an adult Pied-billed Grebe from a distance and up close at one of my local ponds.

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Barred Owl From A Distance

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-12T03:47:23-05:00July 12th, 2023|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, distance, owl, owls, perched, raptors, slough, small in frame, Strix varia, summer, wetlands|

When I visited Sequoyah NWR for the last time before heading back to Utah I became excited when I spotted a Barred Owl perched in lush reeds.

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Adult Cedar Waxwing Photographed From A Distance

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-30T13:44:27-05:00June 19th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Cedar Waxwings, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, Bombycilla cedrorum, branches, canyon, Cedar Waxwing, distance, leaves, mountains, perched, small in frame, style, Wasatch Mountain Range, waxwing, waxwings|

Even though this adult Cedar Waxwing is small in the frame because I photographed it from quite a distance it is one of my favorite images taken in the Wasatch Mountains four days ago.

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Female Mountain Bluebird From A Distance And Up Close

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-29T06:41:17-05:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Mountain Bluebirds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, breeze, canyon, close up, distance, female, grass, grasses, Mountain Bluebird, mountains, portrait, Sialia currucoides, thrushes|

After a bit the female Mountain Bluebird did something surprising... She flew in so close that I could only take close ups of her as she appeared to forage at the edge of the dirt road.

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