roadside – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Roadside Yellow-bellied Marmot in Northern Utah – Photos and Facts

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-21T17:00:05-05:00April 20th, 2017|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildlife, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: adult, close up, eating, grass, marmot, Marmota flaviventris, marmots, nature, portrait, roadside, rocks, tongue, wildlife photography, yawn, yawning, yellow belly marmot, Yellow-bellied Marmot|

I had a great time photographing a roadside Yellow-bellied Marmot yesterday in northern Utah and the marmot was very cooperative. So cooperative that I took way, way too many images of it.

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Immature Rough-legged Hawk With Its Jackrabbit Prey

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-25T02:04:14-06:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Buteo lagopus, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, Lepus californicus, light morph, ranchlands, raptors, road kill, roadside, Rough-legged Hawk, snow, winter, young|

My best bird of the day was a juvenile Rough-legged Hawk standing on a jackrabbit in the snow that I spotted next to the road.

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Trio of Young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-03T07:12:17-05:00September 29th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Raccoons, Utah|Tags: autumn, cub, cubs, fall, immature, kits, marsh, non-native, Procyon lotor, Raccoon, roadside, wetlands, wildlife, young|

Yesterday I found a trio of young Raccoons at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and was able to take a series of images of them from inside my Jeep as they cautiously checked me out.

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Roadside Swainson’s Hawk in Rural Montana

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-01T04:01:12-05:00July 22nd, 2016|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, fence, grasses, hawk, hawks, male, raptors, roadside, Swainson's Hawk, walking|

I thought the invisible fence made this roadside Swainson's Hawk in rural Montana an interesting subject to share.

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Breeding Season for Killdeer at Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-18T19:29:23-05:00April 24th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Killdeer, Nesting Birds, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: adult, breeding season, Charadrius vociferus, close up, covert, feathers, Killdeer, marsh, nesting, nesting birds, nesting ethics, nesting season, plover, plovers, plumage detail, refuge, roadside, shorebirds, sound clip, spring, vociferous, wetlands|

It is breeding season for Killdeer at Bear River MBR and for all of Utah.

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