sky – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Birds – Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2011|Categories: American Robins, Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, Belted Kingfisher, bird photography, branches, close to home, Jordan River Parkway Trail, kingfisher, kingfishers, Megaceryle alcyon, perched, robin, robins, sky, spring weather, sucker holes, trees, Turdus migratorius, urban|

I can take advantage of the sucker holes by photographing birds close to home when the sun breaks through the clouds.

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Iowa Bald Eagle Nest Cam

By Mia McPherson|March 16th, 2011|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: Bald Eagle, bird photography, Decorah, eagle, Eagle nest cam, eagles, eggs, flight, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Iowa, nest, nesting behavior, sky|

Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to an Eagle nest cam in Decorah, Iowa that I have been having fun watching so I thought I'd share it.

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Chukar Calling In The Snow

By Mia McPherson|March 8th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Alectoris chukar, bird photography, calling, Chukar, Chukars, desert island, Frary Peak Trailhead, fresh, sky, snow, upland terrestrial birds, winter|

I was tickled to photograph this Chukar calling in the snow near the parking area of Frary Peak trailhead with the snow-covered mountain in the background.

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Red-tailed Hawks

By Mia McPherson|March 2nd, 2011|Categories: Birds, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: Buteo jamaicensis, desert, fence post, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, tree, Utah, young|

I'm looking forward to seeing red-tailed hawks in the high country of Utah and Montana this summer and hopefully getting some more images of both the juveniles and adult.

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Great Egret – Light on White

By Mia McPherson|December 5th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, bird ID, clouds, coastal, egret, egrets, flight, flying, Great Egret, light, nature, Pinellas County, sky, spring, wading bird, white, whites, wildlife|

Great Egret (Ardea alba) in flight, a balance of whites and light

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Great Horned Owl Chick – Angles and Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: angles, background, backgrounds, birds of prey, bokeh, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, grasses, Great Horned Owl, immature, juveniles, ladder, light, old wood, owl, owls, perched, sky, spring, young|

The photographs I have attached to this post are of the same Great Horned Owl fledgling, taken in the same location on the same morning.

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