peek-a-boo – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Peek-a-boo Osprey In Flight Over My Local Pond

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-08T02:40:13-05:00May 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Ospreys, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Fish Hawk, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Osprey, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, park, peek-a-boo, pond, raptors, river hawk, Sea Hawk, sky, spring, urban|

At the end of April I spent the morning photographing birds at my local pond. This peek-a-boo Osprey was one of my favorites images from that day.

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Roadside American Badger in The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-16T06:48:29-06:00October 11th, 2022|Categories: American Badgers, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: American Badger, autumn, badger, badger burrow, badgers, butt, canyon, digging, dirty, fall, head on, hole, mammals, morning, morning light, mountains, mustelids, nose, peek-a-boo, roadside, scratch, sniffing, Taxidea taxus, turning|

My best photos from yesterday's journey into the Wasatch Mountains weren't of birds; instead, they were of an American Badger I found along the side of the road.

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Cuddling Uinta Chipmunks In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-09T03:47:18-05:00October 9th, 2022|Categories: Morgan County, Uinta Chipmunks, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, autumn, branches, chipmunk, chipmunks, chokecherries, Chokecherry, cuddling, cuddly, fall, leaves, Neotamias umbrinus, nuzzling, peek-a-boo, Prunus virginiana, Prunus virginiana demissa, squirrel, squirrels, Uinta Chipmunk, Western Chokecherry|

On my most recent trip to the Wasatch Mountains, I relished the fall colors, a Ruffed Grouse, and a pair of cuddly Uinta Chipmunks.

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Peek-a-boo Rock Squirrel Close Up In A Serviceberry Bush

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-11T05:09:00-05:00August 27th, 2019|Categories: Rock Squirrels, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Amelanchier utahensis, close up, mammals, Otospermophilus variegatus, peek-a-boo, Rock Squirrel, serviceberries, serviceberry, squirrel, squirrels, Utah Serviceberry|

In mid August I was attempting to get close up photos of a Rock Squirrel that was actively feeding on serviceberries in the Wasatch Mountains and two things happened that ruined my chances for better images.

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Peek-a-boo ~ Landing Canada Goose Peeking Through Its Wings

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-13T07:44:55-06:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Swans, Ducks and Geese, Utah|Tags: afternoon light, autumn, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, fall, flight, flying, geese, goose, landing, peek-a-boo, pond, urban, water, wings|

One photo that made me laugh as soon as I saw it on my camera's LCD screen, a peek-a-boo Canada Goose peering at me through its wing tips as it came in to land on the pond.

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Peek-a-boo Rough-legged Hawk At Farmington Bay WMA

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-15T09:50:50-06:00November 27th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, field, flight, hawk, hawks, immature, landing, light morph, marsh, nest box, peek-a-boo, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, Roughie, wetlands, winter|

Why did it make me laugh and smile? Because it looks like the Rough-legged Hawk might have been playing peek-a-boo as it looked towards me through its wingtips.

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