unique – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

I’m Still Looking For This Leucistic American Coot

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-26T13:36:50-06:00January 26th, 2024|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Rarities, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, coot, coots, Fulica americana, funky water color, leucism, leucistic, park, plumage aberration, pond, rare, reflections, spring, unique, unusual, urban, water|

I remember feeling very thrilled when I found this leucistic American Coot on January 2, 2023. I'd been hoping to find a leucistic coot for quite a long time.

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Great-tailed Grackle Photos After a Spring Snowstorm

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-09T02:37:52-05:00April 9th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bill, close up, displaying, grackle, grackles, Great-tailed Grackle, male, mound, park, poking, portrait, Quiscalus mexicanus, Salt Lake County, snow, snowy, spring, trudging, unique, urban, Utah|

Taking Great-tailed Grackle photos after our recent spring snowstorm was fun. I had never seen photos of this species in the snow before I took these.

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An odd Pronghorn with two extra horns?

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-03T08:46:39-06:00August 12th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: adult, Antilocapra americana, buck, desert island, extra horns, horn sheath, horny growths, male, odd, Pronghorn, pronghorns, summer, unique, unusual|

This image shows a side view of the Pronghorn buck's face with the two unusual horn growths shown protruding from its muzzle.

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Buck Pronghorn with Oddly Misshapened Horns

By Mia McPherson|2020-05-15T19:35:15-05:00October 8th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Pronghorn, Utah|Tags: Antilocapra americana, atypical, bent, close up, deformed, head shot, nature, nature photography, portrait, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, rut, strange, unique, unusual, Utah, wildlife, wildlife photography|

This October 3rd I spotted this pronghorn for the third or fourth time in this past year only this time I had good light, the buck wasn't far away and because it is rut season he was only paying attention to the does and other bucks in the area.

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