sand dunes – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-09T04:10:38-05:00January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, beach, breeding plumage, calling, canopy feeding, close up, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, feeding behavior, fish, flight, flying, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, lagoon, mangroves, nesting materials, nonbreeding plumage, photographing, portrait, prey, Reddish Egret, sand, sand dunes, shadow, umbrella pose, wading birds, walking, white morph, Wing-Flicking|

I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.

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Gulf Shore Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-03T04:07:15-05:00September 2nd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, dune, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, night heron, night herons, Nyctanassa violacea, resting, sand, sand dunes, sky, summer, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

I did see and photograph this adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron standing on a grassy sand dune overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in beautiful, soft light.

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Reddish Egrets – Wading birds that delight

By Mia McPherson|2020-01-25T13:05:59-06:00June 15th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, canopy feeding, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, endemic, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, lagoon, Reddish Egret, sand dunes, spartina, splashing, wading birds, water|

The Reddish Egret is one of my favorite wading birds. Standing still they are a delight to the eyes and while hunting they can perform amazing turns, twists, gallops and appear to be dancing.

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Red-shouldered Hawk In Flight

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T09:07:06-06:00January 14th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Red-shouldered Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo lineatus, coast, coastal, flight, flying, habitat, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lift off, morning, red shoulders, Red-shouldered Hawk, sand dunes, sky, snag, unexpected|

This Red-shouldered Hawk photo was taken in Florida in November of 2008 just after the hawk lifted off from an old snag near a Great Blue Heron I had been photographing.

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Adult Roseate Spoonbill on the Gulf Coast

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-26T17:13:48-05:00November 7th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds, nature photography, Pinellas County, Platalea ajaja, sand dunes, wading bird, wildlife photography|

Of the six species of spoonbills only the Roseate Spoonbill is found in North America and it is the only Spoonbill that is so vividly colored.

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Reddish Egret flying over the dunes

By Mia McPherson|2021-10-09T04:07:57-05:00October 9th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, clouds, coast, coastal, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, flight, flying, Pinellas County, Reddish Egret, sand dunes, sky, stormy sky, wading bird|

Just a very simple image today of a Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) flying over some sand dunes.

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Sand Dunes – Two Scenic Images

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:42-06:00May 11th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Dunes, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Scenics, Utah|Tags: clouds, nature photography, oolitic sand, rabbitbrush, sagebrush, sand dunes, Sea Purslane, silica sand|

While looking through my archives a few days ago I came across two images, one of sand dunes at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida and the other of sand dunes on Antelope Island State Park in Utah. I remember that I took both images because I loved the sky, the vegetation on the dunes and how they both make me feel so connected to these two locations that I am deeply attached to.

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Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island State Park – The Scenery

By Mia McPherson|2021-02-27T03:31:51-06:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Utah|Tags: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Frary Peak, landscapes, photography, sand dunes, sunflowers, Utah, Wasatch Mountain Range, White Rock Bay|

Antelope Island State Park is another of my favorite locations for bird and wildlife photography plus the scenery is incredibly beautiful at any time of the year. Although the park is about 41 miles from Salt Lake City it has retained its wild and wonderful character.

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Friday Photos – Wilson’s Plover

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:14:29-06:00September 9th, 2011|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds, Charadrius wilsonia, Florida, Friday Photos, Gulf of Mexico, nature, Pinellas County, sand dunes, Sea Purslane, shorebirds, wildlife, Wilson's Plover|

This Friday's Photo is that of a Wilson's Plover, a species I very much enjoyed photographing while I lived in Florida.

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