end – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

The Tail End of 2021 – My Year End Report

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-31T06:12:07-06:00December 31st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: 2021, adult, Bucephala clangula, butt, Common Goldeneye, dive, diving, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, end, goldeneye, goldeneyes, Goodbye 2021, male, pond, splashing, tail, tail end, urban, winter, year end report|

As the tail end of 2021 comes to a close it seemed fitting that the last photo I took yesterday was the tail end of a Common Goldeneye on what might have been my last trip into the field this year.

Singing Rock Wren In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-31T15:45:16-05:00May 20th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Rock Wrens, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, back view, clod, desert, dirt, end, foothills, grass, grasses, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, perched, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Salpinctes obsoletus, singing, sky island mountains, spring, tail, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Juniper, west desert, wren, wrens|

Yesterday when I spotted a Rock Wren singing from the top of a juniper in Utah's West Desert I hoped to take a few decent photos of it before it flew away.

Photographing Drake Common Goldeneyes In A Territorial Dispute

By Mia McPherson|2022-02-01T05:35:33-06:00January 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bow wave, Bucephala clangula, chase, chased, Common Goldeneye, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, end, goldeneye, goldeneyes, male, photograph, photographing, pond, running, skidding, sliding, surface, territorial dispute, urban, victory, water, wing flap, winter|

Yesterday afternoon I was thrilled to be able to photograph two adult drake Common Goldeneyes in a territorial dispute on a pond as they moved across my field of view.