island – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Meadowlark On The Wing

By Mia McPherson|2022-09-14T04:43:00-05:00March 24th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, desert, flight, flying, island, lift off, meadowlark, meadowlarks, on the wing, sagebrush, stump, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

Five days ago while on Antelope Island I photographed this Western Meadowlark as it sang on the stump of a dead Sagebrush.

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Pretty in Pink – Black-chinned Hummingbird

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-08T10:09:43-05:00September 21st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Cleomella serrulata, desert, female, flight, flying, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, island, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflowers|

Well, I made it through another week. Bird photography has been slow down here in the valley but there are signs migration is picking up. There was a decided nip to the air yesterday morning and I saw some frost on the ground while heading towards Antelope Island.

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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T07:16:03-05:00September 2nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, bird photography, birds, Black-chinned Hummingbird, desert, female, flight, flying, hummingbird, hummingbirds, island, pink wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflower, wildflowers|

After looking at these images that I took last Friday I am wondering if this hummingbird that I photographed is a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

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Lark Sparrow behaviors and a Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-31T06:01:30-05:00June 14th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Lark Sparrows, Utah|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, behavior, Big Sagebrush, Chondestes grammacus, desert, food, grasshopper, island, Lark Sparrow, pair, prey, sage, sagebrush, sparrow, sparrows, Speckled Rangeland Grasshopper, spring|

It was great to get back out into the field yesterday and even better that there were some cooperative Lark Sparrows in my viewfinder.

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Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-15T03:29:17-05:00May 30th, 2012|Categories: Birds, New Zealand, Volcanoes, Whakaari / White Island|Tags: Australasian Gannets, bay, Bay of Plenty, bird photography, Birdlife International, Captain Cook, Crater Bay, eruptions, IBA, Important Bird Area, island, mining, Morus serrator, nature photography, New Zealand, Pōhutukawa, sulphur, water, Whakaari, White Island|

In January of 2008 I was onboard a cruise ship for a tour of New Zealand that included time spent viewing Whakaari / White Island which is an active andesite stratovolcano that rises 1,053 feet above the Bay of Plenty.

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