foot – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Urban American Coot Close Up Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-11T05:30:13-06:00February 11th, 2024|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, behavior, close up, coot, coots, eating, feeding, feet, fight, fighting, fish, foot, frost, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, marsh, mating, park, pond, prey, reflections, ruckus, spring, urban, water, winter|

Because it was a bright, sunny day yesterday morning, I went down to my local ponds. I photographed an American Coot munching on frosty grass near one of them.

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Migrating Common Loon Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-22T03:06:54-05:00April 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Loon, cute, drinking, droplets, eye, flapping, foot, Gavia immer, head tilt, loon, loons, park, pond, raised, red, Salt Lake County, sneaking, splashing, spring, stretching, swimming, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds, wing lift, wings|

I went through more of the Common Loon photos that I have taken since the beginning of this month. I wanted to share more images of these beautiful birds.

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More Urban Common Loon Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-12T03:27:26-05:00April 12th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, alert, belly, bill, breeding plumage, Common Loon, flapping, foot, Gavia immer, head, loon, loons, neck, open, park, pond, preening, Salt Lake County, sleepy, stretching, tipped, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds, wings|

I had two mornings to photograph a Common Loon at a local pond. These photos are from the second morning and they show more action from the striking loon.

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Three Drake Redhead Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-24T04:17:10-06:00November 24th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Aythya americana, bill, breeding plumage, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, foot, male, pond, Redhead, redheads, shaking, stretching, tipping, urban, water|

This morning I am sharing three drake Redhead photos that I took at my local pond two evenings ago before the golden light of sunset had started to glow.

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West Desert Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-24T03:29:26-06:00November 21st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Buteo regalis, Buteos, clouds, conifers, dark morph, desert, fall, fence post, Ferruginous Hawk, foot, foothills, hawk, hawks, lifting, mountain, mountains, peak, raptors, rocks, sky island mountains, snow, trees, wooden post|

Nearly three years have passed since I found, pointed out, and photographed this stunning dark morph Ferruginous Hawk in the West Desert of Utah.

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Late Summer Snowy Egret Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-15T03:39:06-05:00September 15th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, agitated, close up, Davis County, duckweed, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, foot, foraging, marsh, muddy, pond, portrait, Snowy Egret, strutting, summer, wading birds, water, wetlands|

This past Monday I focused on taking Snowy Egret images after taking photos of a Virginia Rail and Lesser Yellowlegs at a near empty pond At Farmington Bay.

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Focusing On American Coot Photos At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|2022-01-11T04:54:43-06:00January 11th, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, big, checking, coot, coots, Davis County, droplets, eating, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, feeding, feet, foot, forating, frost, frosty, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, green, ice, lifted, marsh, out, rest, sip, thin, Utah, vegetation, water, wetland, winter|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time focusing on taking American Coot photos in the marshes and wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA. I adore these goofy birds.

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American Pipits – AKA Buff-bellied Pipits

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-26T09:54:42-05:00November 2nd, 2021|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, autumn, Buff-bellied Pipit, fall, foot, marsh, pipit, pipits, raised foot, rocks, sky, wetlands, wooden post|

I've been hearing American Pipits since around the end of September but so far this year I haven't been able to photograph even one of these birds.

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Photographing Gray Catbird Interactions In The Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-23T14:58:46-05:00June 6th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, agitated, Amelanchier utahensis, back view, barbed wire, bush, calling, canyon, catbird, catbirds, close up, curious, Dumetella carolinensis, excited, falling, fence, fence post, fluttering, foot, Gray Catbird, interacting, jumped, kicking, lichen, look, mimids, mountains, portrait, riparian zone, Roundleaf Snowberry, rufous undertail coverts, shelter, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Utah Serviceberry, wings, wooden post|

This morning I'm grateful that I spotted a single Gray Catbird pop up on top of a snowberry bush yesterday morning because if I hadn't none of the following photos would have been possible.

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