spring – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Anhinga Portraits

By Mia McPherson|November 17th, 2010|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, close up, female, lake, Lake Carillon, male, portrait, snake bird, spring, water bird, water turkey, wetlands|

Anhingas have always fascinated me. These are portraits of both the male and female.

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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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Comparing Two Grebe Species

By Mia McPherson|September 1st, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, bird ID, bird identification, comparing, comparison, grebe, grebes, marsh, northern Utah, spring, wetlands|

Two Grebe species that are often misidentified are the Clark's and Western Grebes.

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Lazy Coyote In Utah

By Mia McPherson|August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: adult, Canis latrans, Coyote, coyotes, Davis County, desert island, grasses, lazy, sleepy, spring, wildlife photography|

We almost missed this Coyote and had to back up the vehicle to take a few photos. The coyote was laying down on a small hill and at first it barely lifted its head and still appeared to be dozing in the morning sunlight.

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