snakes – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My Lifer Northern Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-17T03:27:40-05:00April 15th, 2024|Categories: Northern Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Agkistrodon piscivorus, bottomland hardwood forests, close up, cottonmouth, cottonmouths, forest, moccasin, moccasins, Northern Cottonmouth, portrait, reptile, reptiles, road, snake, snakes, spring, Water Moccasin|

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I took photos of my lifer adult Northern Cottonmouth, aka Water Moccasin, on one of the roads there.

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West Desert Great Basin Gopher Snake

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-19T19:38:42-05:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Gopher Snakes, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, desert, dirt, foothills, Gopher Snake, Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer, Pituophis catenifer deserticola, reptile, reptiles, road, sky island mountains, snake, snakes, summer|

Two days ago while out exploring the West Desert of Utah I was thrilled to come across a large Great Basin Gopher Snake warming itself on a dusty dirt road.

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Adult Red-tailed Hawk With A Snake In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-31T07:09:42-05:00September 27th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, desert, Gopher Snake, grasses, grassland, hawk, hawks, Pituophis catenifer, prey, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, snake, snakes|

I noticed immediately that the Red-tailed Hawk was on prey because I saw it tearing into something despite the grasses that were partially obstructing my view.

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Luke’s SWOT Analysis And Desert Diorama

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-05T04:09:55-06:00May 11th, 2019|Categories: Bighorn Sheep, Coyotes, Davis County, Dead Horse Point State Park, Emery County, Rattlesnakes, The Wedge, Utah, Wayne County, White-tailed Prairie Dogs, Wildlife|Tags: Bighorn Sheep, coyotes, desert, diorama, prairies dogs, ram, rattlesnakes, snakes, SWOT Analysis|

Okay, so you may be wondering who Luke is? Luke is my youngest grandchild, he is 11, he is in 5th grade and he lives in North Carolina.

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