snowing – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ring-billed Gull And A Heart Shaped Snowflake

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T04:10:28-06:00March 4th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: close up, gull, gulls, heart shaped, immature, Larus delawarensis, low light, portrait, Ring-billed Gull, snow, snowflake, snowing, snowy, urban, winter|

It has been six years since I took this photo of a Ring-billed Gull and a heart shaped snowflake in the middle of a winter snowstorm at my local pond.

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Canada Geese In Falling Snow

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-25T03:52:03-06:00November 25th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, autumn, Branta canadensis, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, coot, coots, fall, falling, Fulica americana, geese, goose, low light, park, pond, snow, snow fall, snowfall, snowing, urban, water, waterbirds, waterfowl|

Yesterday I desperately needed a bird break so I went down to my local pond. While I was there I photographed Canada Geese and American Coots in falling snow.

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Cooling View: Double-crested Cormorant In A Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-31T04:53:44-05:00July 31st, 2023|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritus, park, pond, snow, snow storm, snowing, spring, urban, water|

It's been mighty hot so far this summer, so today, I am sharing a cooling view of a Double-crested Cormorant in a snowstorm photo taken earlier this year.

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Ring-billed Gull Photos In Winter Whiteout Conditions

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-27T06:06:38-06:00December 27th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, gull, gulls, high key, Larus delawarensis, pond, Ring-billed Gull, snow, snowing, snowy, urban, whiteout, whiteout conditions, winter|

In December of 2019 I took quite a few Ring-billed Gull photos in whiteout conditions down at my local pond and loved the challenge that taking them presented.

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Winter Ring-billed Gulls – From Low Light To Afternoon Light

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-04T07:32:21-06:00January 13th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: afternoon light, drinking, eating, flight, flying, gull, gulls, high key, Larus delawarensis, low light, Ring-billed Gull, snow, snowing, whiteout, winter|

I can't say that I prefer one of these Ring-billed Gull images over the other, the low light image is as appealing to me as the one I took in afternoon light. I enjoy them both.

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