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In Celebration Of National Bison Day 2025

By Mia McPherson|November 1st, 2025|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma, Osage County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Bison, autumn, Bison, Bison bison, bisons, buffalo, bull, desert island, fall, grass, grasses, Great Salt Lake, hills, hypersaline lake, lake, male, mammals, prairie, Promontory Penisula, sky, tallgrass, water, winter|

Today, in celebration of National Bison Day 2025, I thought I’d share two photos of these amazing and powerful mammals, which we almost lost to extinction.

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American Bison For World Wildlife Day 2025

By Mia McPherson|March 3rd, 2025|Categories: American Bison, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Miscellaneous, Oklahoma, Osage County|Tags: adult, American Bison, Bison, Bison bison, buffalo, cow, female, hills, loose bison sign, mammals, prairie, road, sign, tallgrass prairie, walking, winter, World Wildlife Day|

World Wildlife Day 2025 is a reminder that all wildlife matters. American Bison are a success story, but every species we save today will matter tomorrow.

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Relaxing Foggy Fall Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|November 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Arkansas River, autumn, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, fall, fall colors, fog, foggy, hills, leaves, morning, road, shrouded, trees, water|

My recent trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma didn’t result in many bird photos, but it did gift me with some foggy scenery images.

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World Water Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, American Coots, aspens, Box Elder County, canyon, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, clouds, conifers, coots, creek, Cygnus columbianus, Fish Springs Range, flight, flock, Florida, flying, footbridge, foothills, grass, grasses, hills, ice, immature, Juab County, maple swamp, marsh, mountains, Pinellas County, pond, Promontory Mountains, rapids, reflections, river, rocks, rushing, sage, sagebrush, Sawgrass Lake Park, shadows, shrubs, sky, snow, snow-topped, spring, summer, swamp, swan, swans, trail, trees, Tundra Swan, Utah, valley, water, waterfowl, west desert, wetlands, Wigeon Pond, willows, winter, young|

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

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Sawgrass Lake Park Photos

By Mia McPherson|January 9th, 2023|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, branches, golden light, grasses, hills, lake, leaves, male, misty, morning, nesting material, Spanish Moss, summer, Tillandsia usneoides, tree, trees, water, wetlands|

This morning I am traveling back in time via my archives to revisit Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida.

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Four Years Ago Today I Found A Rare Upland Sandpiper

By Mia McPherson|August 31st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rarities, Upland Sandpipers, Utah|Tags: Bartramia longicauda, calling, chattering, hills, perched, power pole, rare, rarity, records committee, sagebrush steppe, sandpiper, sandpipers, shorebirds, sighting, summer, Upland Sandpiper|

Four years ago today stopping for a Golden Eagle perched on a power pole in Box Elder County would net me a rare Upland Sandpiper sighting because of the sandpiper's chattering call.

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In Every Sunset There Is A Promise And A Gift From Nature

By Mia McPherson|August 23rd, 2020|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: clouds, evening, evening light, grasses, hills, lake, Lower Lake, Lower Lake campground, marsh, mountains, sky, sunset, water, wetlands|

Throughout my life I have liked to think that every sunset has a promise and a gift from Nature in it. The promise that the sun will rise again in the morning.

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West Desert Horned Lark On Sagebrush

By Mia McPherson|April 12th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Horned Larks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Eremophila alpestris, hills, Horned Lark, lark, larks, male, perched, sage, sagebrush, sky, song|

My best images of the day though were of this male Horned Lark that I found and pointed out on sagebrush singing and being blown around by the wind.

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Scenic Views of My Recent Trip to Montana and Idaho

By Mia McPherson|September 20th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Clark County, Idaho, Montana, Targhee National Forest|Tags: aspens, clouds, fall colors, fog, foggy, harvest moon, hills, predawn, sagebrush, sunrise, Tetons, valley, willows|

When I go on trips to Montana and Idaho it is primarily about finding and photographing birds but the places I visit are so beautiful that I feel I have to photograph the scenic views too.

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Wigeon Pond, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, clouds, foothills, grasses, hills, lake, marsh, mountains, nature, nature photography, pond, shrubs, sky, snow, snow-topped, spring, trees, valley, water, wetlands, Wigeon Pond|

The amazing birds and animals keep me going back to Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge but the scenery and wildness of the area does too.

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Pronghorn Buck On Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|May 27th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: adult, Antilocapra americana, buck, desert island, hills, male, nature, nature photography, photography, Pronghorn, sky, sprng, Wand Mullein, wildlife, wildlife photography|

I hope the Pronghorn we do have continue to flourish because they are majestic creatures and the western landscape wouldn't be the same without them.

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