leaves – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Horned Owl in Box Elder County

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Great Horned Owls, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds of prey, branches, Bubo virginianus, Great Horned Owl, leaves, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, ranchlands, summer, tree|

I was in far northern Utah yesterday and saw the hawks I expected to see but finding this Great Horned Owl was a bit of a surprise since I wasn't looking for Great Horned Owls.

Red-tailed Hawk Lifting Off

By Mia McPherson|October 30th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Davis County, fall, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, leaves, lift off, marsh, mountains, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, tree, Wasatch Mountain Range, wetlands|

Lately it has been wonderful to see and photograph more birds including raptors. I think the long dry spell that started the end of July might be over finally.

Snow Birds – Rough-legged Hawks

By Mia McPherson|January 17th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, branches, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, female, flight, flying, frost, hawk, hawks, hoar frost, leaves, light morph, perched, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, Salt Lake Valley, sky, tree, winter|

But for me the "Snow Birds" I have grown to love here in Utah are Rough-legged Hawks who only visit in the winter and spend the rest of their lives breeding in high subarctic and Arctic regions.