nature – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Big Snow Today!

By Mia McPherson|November 21st, 2010|Categories: Salt Lake County, Scenics, Utah|Tags: landscapes, nature, nature photography, November, photography, scenery, snow, snowscape, Utah|

I knew that when I woke up this morning there was a very good chance the ground would be covered with snow.

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Hungry Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Atlantic Ghost Crabs, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, crab, eat, eating, feeding, Ghost Crab, Gulf of Mexico, herons, hunting, nature, Nyctanassa violacea, Ocypode quadrata, sand, stalking, wading bird, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

It didn't take long for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron to grab the crab and send the sand flying.

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A Little Humor

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2010|Categories: Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Humor, Marbled Godwits|Tags: bird photography, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Funky Chicken, funny, goofy, humor, Limosa fedoa, nature, photography, Pinellas County, Pluvialis squatarola, shorebird, shorebirds, wildlife|

Who doesn't need a bit of humor once in awhile?

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Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|August 19th, 2010|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Palm Warblers, Small in the frame|Tags: American Oystercatcher, bird photography, Brown Pelican, diving, Haematopus palliatus, juvenile, juveniles, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, nature, Palm Warbler, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, Pinellas County, Sea Purslane, Setophaga palmarum, shorebird, small in the frame, wildlife|

Though I quite often photograph birds so that they are what is labled "frame filling" I also like to compose images that show the bird or animals small in the frame.

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