shadows – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My First of Year Swainson’s Hawk and April Snow on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2017|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Swainson's Hawks, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, American Bison, birds of prey, Bison bison, buffalo, bull, Buteo swainsoni, clouds, cold, first of year, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, perched, raptors, shadows, snow, snowy, Swainson's Hawk, western sky|

My best find of the day was my first of the year Swainson's Hawk about two thirds of the way down the island perched in some trees near a freshwater spring.

Photographing Pelicans, Herons, Egrets and Geese in Flight in Rapidly Changing Light

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2016|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: American White Pelican, Ardea herodias, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, changing light, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, flight, flying, geese, goose, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelican, pelicans, photograph, photographing, Promontory Mountains, shadows, Snowy Egret|

I had a great deal of fun photographing the pelicans, herons, egrets and geese in flight in the rapidly changing light yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.

Autumn Teasels and a Song Sparrow

By Mia McPherson|October 16th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Song Sparrows, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Dipsacus fullonum, dried, invasive, light, Melospiza melodia, shadows, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, sunlit, Teasel, teasels, wild rose, wildflower|

I did get some images of the Song and White-crowned Sparrows on the wild rose and I like how this Song Sparrow had its back to me but gave me a nice head turn over its shoulder.