rainbow – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Summer Morning Views From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 4th, 2025|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomlands, clouds, colorful, landscape, Lower Scarborough Slough, morning, rainbow, sky, slough, summer, sunrise, trees, Tuff Boat Ramp, water|

I'm sharing two morning views of Sequoyah NWR taken early yesterday, then I'll share a few thoughts about how today affects me.

Hail Yeah – Storm at Red Rock Lakes Dam

By Mia McPherson|October 28th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Peregrine Falcons, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: American Avocet, birding, birds of prey, driving rain, Falco peregrinus, falcon, falcons, flight, flying, hail, hail storm, landing, Peregrine Falcon, Phalaropus tricolor, prey, rain, rainbow, raptors, Recurvirostra americana, rough weather, what birds do in hail storms, Wilson's Phalarope|

Since I began photographing birds in Florida I have gotten used to getting wet to photograph shorebirds, wringing wet at times but my gear has never been as wet as it was the day I took these images from inside the pickup.

Rainbow and Wilson’s Phalaropes

By Mia McPherson|December 31st, 2011|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: adult, flight, flying, nature, phalarope, phalaropes, Phalaropus tricolor, rainbow, shorebirds, storms, wetlands, wildlife, Wilson's Phalarope|

As 2011 comes to a close and 2012 is just hours away , I wanted to do one more blog post for the year.