turn – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On A Female Red-bellied Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, checking, close up, driftwood, eye level, feeder, female, garden, Melanerpes carolinus, out, peeking, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, turn, urban, waiting, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Today my post focuses on an adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker because she is lovely. I took these images in Arkansas in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

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Spring Male White-breasted Nuthatch Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 28th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-breasted Nuthatches|Tags: adult, background, branch, bright, early morning, eye, feeder, garden, glowing, hanging out, male, morning light, nuthatch, nuthatches, Sitta carolinensis, spring, staring, stick, turn, urban, vine, waiting, White-breasted Nuthatch, yard|

This morning, I wanted to share a small selection of White-breasted Nuthatch photos I have taken since I arrived at my friend Steve Creek's home in Arkansas.

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Nesting Western Grebe Plus Good News On The Parleys Canyon Fire

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, breeding season, checking, eggs, grebe, grebes, incubate, incubating, marsh, nest, nesting, settling, summer, turn, turning, Utah, water, Western Grebe, wetlands|

One year ago today I found a nesting Western Grebe with two eggs at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I realized yesterday that I had never shared photos of it.

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Royal Tern Over

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Royal Terns|Tags: bird photography, coastal island, flight, flying, Gulf Coast, over, Pinellas County, Royal Tern, summer, tern, terns, Thalasseus maximus, turn, upside down|

Royals Terns make amazing dive bombs for their prey which are usually small baitfish running close to the surface and sometimes if you are lucky you get to see them "Tern Over" in mid air.

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