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World Water Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-02T05:37:24-06:00March 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|2023-01-09T04:18:39-06:00January 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|2022-05-27T13:19:08-05:00August 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|2021-09-12T04:27:39-05:00August 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|2020-04-05T09:10:04-05:00April 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|

Spring is a time when the Horned Larks here in Utah perch on top of rocks, posts, mounds of dirt, junipers and sagebrush to sing their songs.

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Scenic Views of My Recent Trip to Montana and Idaho

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-23T08:25:33-05:00September 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|2023-03-20T06:37:25-05:00July 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|2023-11-01T06:34:57-05:00May 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, 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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