swamp – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cuban Tree Frog In A Golden Tunnel

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-23T03:09:07-05:00October 22nd, 2023|Categories: Cuban Tree Frogs, Florida, Hillsborough County, USF Botanical Garden|Tags: adult, Cuban Tree Frog, frog, frogs, golden tunnel, introduced, nonnative, Osteopilus septentrionalis, plant, summer, swamp, tree frog, tree frogs|

This morning, I am sharing a photo of a Cuban Tree Frog. The image was taken at the USF Botanical Gardens while I was there with my best friend, Patty.

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World Water Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-02T05:37:24-06:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Glacier County, Glacier National Park, Juab County, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sawgrass Lake Park, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, American Coots, aspens, Box Elder County, canyon, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, clouds, conifers, coots, creek, Cygnus columbianus, Fish Springs Range, flight, flock, Florida, flying, footbridge, foothills, grass, grasses, hills, ice, immature, Juab County, maple swamp, marsh, mountains, Pinellas County, pond, Promontory Mountains, rapids, reflections, river, rocks, rushing, sage, sagebrush, Sawgrass Lake Park, shadows, shrubs, sky, snow, snow-topped, spring, summer, swamp, swan, swans, trail, trees, Tundra Swan, Utah, valley, water, waterfowl, west desert, wetlands, Wigeon Pond, willows, winter, young|

Today is World Water Day. The theme for World Water Day 2023 is: Accelerate Change. Every human being on this planet is roughly 60% water.

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Green Heron In A Maple Swamp At Saw Grass Lake Park

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T11:45:57-05:00April 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, boardwalk, Butorides virescens, Covid-19 pandemic, flash, Green Heron, heron, herons, low light, maple swamp, swamp, wading birds, wetlands|

This Green Heron was photographed not long after I first started focusing on and photographing birds while I still lived in Florida.

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Me With An Anhinga Waiting Out A Storm Plus The Story Behind This Image

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-30T08:43:45-05:00March 11th, 2019|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, boardwalk, lightning, maple swamp, observation deck, rain, rain storm, storm, swamp, thunder storm|

The story behind the images I took of the Anhinga waiting out the storm isn't a happy or pleasant one but I still liked the images I took.

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Stretching Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T11:49:08-05:00November 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, branch, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, heron, herons, inland, maple swamp, stretching, swamp, wading bird, wading birds, water, wetlands|

This Green Heron was photographed from and elevated boardwalk at Sawgrass Lake Park, it had been preening when I walked slowly up to it and when it stretched its wing I took this image.

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Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park – From My Early Days of Being a Bird Photographer

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T11:51:05-05:00December 10th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, herons, maple swamp, reflection, swamp, wading birds, water, wetlands|

I photographed this Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida with my first DSLR, a Nikon D70, when I was just getting into bird photography.

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Red-shouldered Hawk at Myakka River State Park, Florida

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T09:14:37-06:00March 24th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sarasota County|Tags: adult, birds of prey, branch, Buteo lineatus, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lift off, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, sky, swamp, tree, winter|

In January of 2009 I went to Myakka River State Park with three of my bird photography friends and the raptor highlight of the day was this Red-shouldered Hawk.

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An Anhinga’s Bad Hair Day

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-30T08:47:04-05:00December 5th, 2014|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, bird photography, close up, male, maple swamp, Pinellas County, portrait, snake bird, swamp, wetlands|

If I were an Anhinga and stretching it even further if I were a male Anhinga this is what I would look like today.

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Other Things with Wings – Male Eastern Pondhawk

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-18T05:19:08-05:00May 22nd, 2014|Categories: Eastern Pondhawks, Florida, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eastern Pondhawk, Erythemis simplicicollis, male, nature photography, odonata, Pinellas County, pondhawk, pondhawks, summer, swamp, wildlife photography|

Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida is a wonderful location for birds and other things with wings including Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies.

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Red-shouldered Hawk from Sawgrass Lake Park, Florida

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T08:26:37-06:00September 12th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, birds of prey, buteo, Buteo lineatus, Buteo lineatus extimus, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, pale head, perched, pine, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, swamp, tree, trees|

There are five recognized subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawks with the Florida Red-shouldered Hawks having the palest heads and plumage. I believe this Red-shouldered Hawk adult is from the Florida race, Buteo lineatus extimus.

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Green Heron reacts to a Broad-winged Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-28T11:55:28-05:00August 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Green Herons, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, behavior, Broad-winged Hawk, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, heron, herons, maple swamp, perched, predator, reacting, reacts, swamp, wading birds, wetlands|

One morning in 2008 I photographed this Green Heron at Sawgrass Lake Park in Pinellas County, Florida as it perched and preened on broken branch that was laying in the water.

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Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk Learning To Hunt

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T07:51:48-06:00April 7th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, close up, Elaphe obsoleta, fence, fledglings, hardwood forest swamp, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, hunting, immature, juvenile, low light, Palmetto Bug, portrait, prey, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, snake, summer, swamp, Yellow Rat Snake, young|

This juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was perched on a metal fence post so I opted to go for a portrait to remove the "hand of man".

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile – Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T07:27:46-06:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park, Small in the frame|Tags: bamboo, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, early morning light, Florida, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, small in the frame, spring, swamp, trees|

Five days ago I posted a Bald Eagle image where the eagle was small in the frame and explained that I felt that the setting was as important as the subject, I also feel that way about this image of a Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile perched in a tree.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T06:54:07-06:00August 8th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Portraits, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: Buteo lineatus, close up, fledgling, Florida, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, Pinellas County, portrait, raptor, RAW files, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, swamp, young|

This very cooperative juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was used to the people who frequented Sawgrass County Park and it would land very close to humans.

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