footprints – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Canada Goose Tracks In Snow

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-08T02:45:29-05:00December 8th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: autumn, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, cloudy sky, fall, flight, flying, footprint, footprints, geese, goose, high key, snow, track, tracks, urban, waterfowl|

While I was out walking yesterday, I stopped at a neighborhood pond and saw fresh Canada Goose tracks in the snow. I felt that I had to take photos of them.

Smoke Phase Wild Turkey Hen Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-21T15:52:57-05:00April 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: adult, female, footprints, forest, garbage, grasses, hen, junipers, Meleagris gallopavo, morphs, mountains, mutations, Pack it in, pack it out, plumage variation, recessive genes, smoke phase, smokey phase, smoky-gray phase, snow, soda can, spring, trash, turkey, turkeys, upland game birds, Wild Turkey|

Someone at sometime had tossed a soda can into the junipers and the Wild Turkey hen walked right in front of it during the few seconds she was out in the open.

Please Take Nothing But Pictures Leave Nothing But Footprints

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-14T15:44:53-05:00July 3rd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys|Tags: adult, footprints, garbage, littered, Osprey, pack in, pack out, Pandion haliaetus, Pinellas County, pollute, trash|

The Fourth of July is just a day away and soon many campgrounds, parks and beaches will be filled with people celebrating and sadly leaving trash behind.