pandemic – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adjusting To Life During A Global Pandemic

By Mia McPherson|2022-05-27T13:23:37-05:00August 7th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adjusting, Black-necked Stilt, flight, flying, Himantopus mexicanus, life, marsh, mountains, pandemic, Promontory Mountains, refuge, shorebirds, stilt, stilts, This Uncomplicated Life|

I've felt varying degrees of disappointment when comparing "what should have been" with the way we have had to adjust to life and living during a global pandemic as I am sure many of us have this year.

Crouching Sage Thrasher

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-05T04:50:35-06:00June 27th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, blue, crouched, crouching, desert, metal post, Mountain Mockingbirds, Oreoscoptes montanus, pandemic, sad, Sage Thrasher, thrasher, thrashers|

I hoped the Sage Thrasher would come closer so that I could photograph it and just about the time the Short-eared Owl lifted off the thrasher popped up on a nearby metal post.

Photographing Birds During Social Distancing Plus Earthquake Aftershocks

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-16T04:23:44-05:00March 23rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, aftershock, aftershocks, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Corona Virus, Covid-19, earthquake, earthquakes, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, mated, mated pair, pair, pandemic, perched, photographing, post, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rousing, social distancing, wooden post|

In the event that our governor does force us into a total lock down I have enough images that I haven't shared here on my blog that I could post everyday for a year and still not run out of photos.