ruffled – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Blue Heron Memories From Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|August 21st, 2025|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, beach, Belt of Venus, close up, coastal island, earth shadow, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Heron, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, immature, Pinellas County, portrait, ruffled, sand, sandbar, territorial behavior, turtle grass, wading birds, walking, water, young|

It seems a little dreamy, but some of these Great Blue Heron photos taken at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida are almost 20 years old now!

Messy, Molting Song Sparrow

By Mia McPherson|August 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Song Sparrows, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, dried grasses, ground, Melospiza melodia, messy, molt, molting, mountains, raggedy, ruffled, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows|

This Song Sparrow will replace its damaged feathers quickly and will look like it normally does once again. Until then, I still think it is a beautiful, albeit somewhat ruffled, bird.

Dreaming of Oystercatchers

By Mia McPherson|June 23rd, 2016|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, beach, dream, dreaming, Haematopus palliatus, jarred, lagoon, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, preening, ruffled, sand, shorebirds, Tropical Storm Colin|

Last night I spent some time dreaming of oystercatchers. I could hear them in my dream and see them scurrying along the waves.