territorial display – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Urban Male Yellow-headed Blackbird Displaying

By Mia McPherson|May 24th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, blackbird, blackbirds, displaying, grass, male, park, pond, serious, spring, territorial display, urban, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

Last month, I was thrilled to photograph this displaying male Yellow-headed Blackbird in an urban park near my home in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Black Skimmers at Fort De Soto Five Years Ago Today

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, aerial chase, Black Skimmer, coast, coastal, flight, flight flying, flock, flying, Gulf of Mexico, Rynchops niger, skimmer, skimmers, sky, spring, territorial display|

It is really cruddy here in Utah this morning so I thought I would go back in time to a warmer, sunnier day via the magic of some Black Skimmer images I created five years ago today.

Long-billed Curlews – A Territorial Encounter

By Mia McPherson|April 14th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, Agonistic Behavior, Appeasement behavior, Communicative Interactions, Crouch-Run, curlew, curlews, fighting, Long-billed Curlew, male, males, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, Supplanting, territorial behavior, territorial display, territorial encounter, Wing-Raising|

Yesterday on Antelope Island State Park I witnessed and photographed a territorial encounter between two Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) males that occurred while a female was nearby.