lifted – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Northern Mockingbird Chick With A Big Attitude

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: attitude, baby, chick, fledgling, garden, immature, juvenile, lifted, Mimus polyglottos, mockingbird, mockingbirds, Northern Mockingbird, pine, pine tree, suburban, summer, tree, wings, yard, young|

I'm sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.

Male Eastern Bluebird Teaching His Young

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, balancing, behavior, bluebird, bluebirds, checking out, chicks, dancing, driftwood, Eastern Bluebird, excited, feeder, flapping, fluttering, food, garden, guiding, lifted, male, perch, perched, Sebastian County, showing, Sialia sialis, spring, teaching, tempting, thrush, thrushes, urban, watching, waving, wings, yard, young|

Before I left Arkansas, I had the privilege of seeing and photographing this male Eastern Bluebird teaching his young fledglings where to find food.

Focusing On American Coot Photos At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, big, checking, coot, coots, Davis County, droplets, eating, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, feeding, feet, foot, forating, frost, frosty, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, green, ice, lifted, marsh, out, rest, sip, thin, Utah, vegetation, water, wetland, winter|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time focusing on taking American Coot photos in the marshes and wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA. I adore these goofy birds.