fanned – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Photographing Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Siblings

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-05T10:17:28-05:00August 31st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: blooming, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, fanned, flying, hatch year, hawks, Hawks of Utah, juvenile, landing, lichen, lift off, photograph, photographing, preening, puffy clouds, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, resting, sage, scratching, tail, wings, young|

I spent 26 minutes yesterday photographing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk siblings and had a blast watching them preen, lift off, flying, scratching, resting and landing.

An Exceptionally Obliging Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-16T13:24:13-05:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Cathartes aura, close up, cooperative, desert, fanned, fence post, fluffy, obliging, perched, pooping, portrait, post, raptors, rousing, stretch, stretching, sun, tail, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, warming, wing lift, wooden post|

I found an exceptionally obliging Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County warming up in the morning sun.

Preening American Kestrel ~ Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-30T06:42:11-06:00January 6th, 2012|Categories: American Kestrels, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Kestrel, cleaning, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, fanned, feet, Friday Photos, goofy, kestrel, kestrels, male, preening, rabbitbrush, tail|

American Kestrels hold a special interest for me, they are North America's smallest falcon but what they lack in size they make up for in attitude. These falcons can be fiesty.