nestling – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Hungry Barn Swallow Chicks

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-25T05:05:34-05:00August 25th, 2023|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: babies, Barn Swallow, bill, bills, building, chick, chicks, Hirundo rustica, hungry, immature, juvenile, juveniles, nest, nestling, nestlings, open, park, summer, swallow, swallows, urban, young|

Yesterday, I shared photos of baby American Coots. Today, I am sharing an image of Barn Swallow chicks taken on the same day and location as the young coots.

Photographic Frustrations – Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-11T06:37:58-05:00July 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Frustrations in bird photography, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, begging, behavior, chick, defensive pose, exposure, exposure compensation, extremes, food, forest, frustrations, lighting conditions, male, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nestling, photographic, photographing, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpeckers, young|

One year ago today I experienced one of the two most frustrating days in my entire time of being a bird photographer while photographing Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest of Idaho.

Ferruginous Hawk in flight and chicks in a nest

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-23T18:55:33-05:00December 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Madison County, Montana, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, birds of prey, Buteo regalis, chicks, desert, fall, Ferruginous Hawk, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, light morph, nest, nestling, ranchlands, raptors, spring, tree, young|

Ferruginous Hawks are the largest hawk in North America which are only found in Canada and the United States and recent DNA analysis suggests that Ferruginous Hawks may be closer to Eagles in taxonomy than that of a hawk.