hen – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Female Duck ID Quiz

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:12:22-06:00January 8th, 2013|Categories: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Swans, Ducks and Geese, Utah|Tags: bird ID, bird photography, birding, birds, duck, duck ID, female, frost flowers, hen, ice, nature photography, waterfowl, wildlife photography|

I photographed this female duck yesterday morning at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in northern Utah, she was on ice that was covered by frost flowers and was moving towards a group of males that were in open water.

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Female Greater Sage-Grouse

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-26T08:35:57-05:00April 19th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Greater Sage-Grouse, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Centrocercus urophasianus, female, flock, foraging, grasses, Greater Sage-Grouse, grouse, hen, mountains, sage-grouse, upland game birds|

I photographed this female Greater Sage-Grouse while up in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

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High Key Fun

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-12T06:24:02-05:00December 14th, 2011|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Mallards, Rough-legged Hawks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Anas platyrhynchos, Bald Eagle, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, ducks, female, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, hawk, hen, high key, immature, low light, Mallard, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk|

It seems that people either love high key images or they hate them. Personally; I believe that when a high key image is done well that they can be very appealing and have a place for them in my portfolio.

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Harlequin Ducks Dead – Just because it is legal that doesn’t make it right!

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-22T19:19:38-06:00December 10th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Harlequin Ducks, Utah, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: Antelope Island Causeway, bird photography, birding, birds, Davis County, drake, duck, duck hunters, ducks, ethics, female, Great Salt Lake, Harlequin Duck, hen, Histrionicus histrionicus, immature, legal versus right, male, rare, wildlife|

To those hunters who recognized and respected the rarity of those beautiful and very uncommon birds, you have my respect and I am personally very grateful that you preferred to give these ducks a pass even though you knew that hunting them was legal.

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