misty – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Heron In Morning Mist

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2026|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, bottomlands, fog, foggy, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Lower Scarborough Slough, mist, misty, morning, slough, spring, wading birds|

Last week I was tickled to photograph an adult Great Blue Heron in a morning mist at the Lower Scarborough Slough area of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

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White-tailed Deer Doe On A Misty Spring Morning

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, deer, doe, female, fog, forest edge, grass, mist, misty, morning, Odocoileus virginianus, road, spring, trees, White-tailed Deer|

When I saw this White-tailed Deer doe at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge standing at the forest edge with mist behind her, I couldn't resist taking her photo.

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What The Fluff? Great Egret Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Cottonwood, Great Egrets, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, breeding plumes, Cottonwood, cottonwood fluff, Eastern Cottonwood, egret, egrets, fallen log, fluff, fog, foggy, Great Egret, Horton Slough, leaves, log, misty, morning mist, plumes, Populus deltoides, preening, slough, spring, stump, tree, trees, wading birds, water|

I took this Great Egret photo yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Even with the morning mist, I could tell something fluffy was stuck on its bill.

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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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Misty American Coot

By Mia McPherson|January 23rd, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, coot, coots, fog, Fulica americana, mist, misty, morning, pond, steam fog, urban, water, winter|

Yesterday morning I photographed birds at my local pond in freezing temps and this American Coot in a morning mist was one of my favorite images that I took.

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Lake Mist at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Avocet, ephemeral pond, lake, lake mist, Lower Lake, mist, misty, mountains, Recurvirostra americana, sunrise, Tringa semipalmata, Willet|

Waking up and seeing the lake mist at the Lower Lake and an ephemeral pond near it with birds in the air, on the lake and feeding in the pond is amazing.

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