Sea Hawk – 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.

Utah’s Ospreys Are Back For Their Nesting Season

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-14T16:28:36-05:00April 1st, 2021|Categories: Birds, Daggett County, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, branch, female, Fish Hawk, Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Florida, male, nest, nesting platform, nesting season, Osprey, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, perched, raptor, Sea Hawk, watchful|

I was hoping to find my first of the year Swainson's Hawks yesterday but instead I spotted my first of year Ospreys.

An Osprey in flight with a huge Flounder

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-28T06:27:54-05:00February 2nd, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ospreys|Tags: adult, coastal, fish, flatfish, flight, Flounder, flying, Gulf, Gulf of M, Gulf of Mexico, male, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pinellas County, raptor, Sea Hawk, sky, winter|

This Osprey flying in from the Gulf over the north beach of Fort De Soto came as a surprise to us so I had little time to prepare and get my setting right due to how fast the Osprey was flying.