Spanish Moss – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Sawgrass Lake Park Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-09T04:18:39-06:00January 9th, 2023|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, branches, golden light, grasses, hills, lake, leaves, male, misty, morning, nesting material, Spanish Moss, summer, Tillandsia usneoides, tree, trees, water, wetlands|

This morning I am traveling back in time via my archives to revisit Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida.

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My Birding By Ear Affliction

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-27T03:41:28-05:00January 7th, 2023|Categories: American Crows, Barred Owls, Birds, Blue Jays, Florida, Hillsborough County, Lettuce Lake Regional Park, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Crow, autumn, Barred Owl, birding by ear, Blue Jay, branches, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, Cyanocitta cristata, epiphytic flowering plant, fall, hardwood hammock, ice, jay, jays, marsh, owl, owls, peanut, perched, Spanish Moss, Strix varia, Tillandsia usneoides, tree, wetlands, winter|

My birding by ear affliction isn't that I can't hear birds; it is that I can't not hear them. Even when I am on the phone with my friends.

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Perched Red-shouldered Hawk adult at Myakka River State Park

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T09:23:33-06:00October 31st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sarasota County|Tags: adult, air plants, birds of prey, branch, Buteo lineatus, forest, hardwood forest swamp, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lichen, moss, oak hammock, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Spanish Moss, tillandsia, trees|

Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk.

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Barred Owl at Lettuce Lake Park and a Precautionary Tale

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-27T03:38:51-05:00May 20th, 2015|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Florida, Hillsborough County, Lettuce Lake Regional Park|Tags: adult, autumn, Barred Owl, bird photography, birds of prey, epiphytic flowering plant, ethics, fall, Hillsborough River, owl, owls, perched, recorded calls, roosting, Spanish Moss, Strix varia, Tillandsia usneoides, unethical|

We could have spent more time with this Barred Owl and it may have eventually moved to a better location for us to get photos but because of one person ticking off the owl we didn't get that chance.

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