first fall – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Eurasian Collared-Dove Without A Collar

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-01T05:26:44-05:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: autumn, branches, collar, dove, doves, Eurasian Collared-Dove, fall, first fall, immature, introduced, introduced species, leaves, marsh, nonnative, perched, sky, Streptopelia decaocto, tree, young|

I photographed this Eurasian Collared-Dove last week at Farmington Bay and noticed that it didn't have the dark collar usually seen on this species.

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West Desert Ferruginous Hawks – Light And Dark Morphs

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-22T15:48:56-05:00October 12th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: autumn, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, Buteos, dark morph, desert, early morning, fall, fence post, Ferruginous Hawk, first fall, foothills, grasslands, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, light morph, raptors, resting, rousing, wooden post, young|

The past couple of weeks on some of my journeys to the West Desert of Utah I have been able to have a few long distance views of Ferruginous Hawks and that has me excited.

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Autumn Wild Turkey Close Up Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-21T12:15:32-05:00September 30th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, autumn, canyon, close up, desert, fall, first fall, foraging, grasses, hen, mountains, portrait, turkey, turkeys, upland game birds, Wild Turkey|

There were a few times when the Wild Turkeys stood upright and looked right at me as I photographed them and I took full advantage of the opportunity to take portraits of the large birds.

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Immature Yellow-rumped Warbler And Damselfly Prey

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-26T03:12:58-06:00October 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: Audubon's, Damselfly, first fall, migration, perched, prey, Setophaga coronata, tree, warbler, warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler|

When I photographed this immature Yellow-rumped Warbler two days ago I couldn't tell what prey it had snagged so I was surprised when I got home and saw that the warbler had snatched a damselfly.

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