windblown – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

White Crowned Sparrows With And Without The Hand Of Humans

By Mia McPherson|2018-03-08T05:43:50-06:00March 8th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: adult, fence rail, hand of humans, natural setting, rabbitbrush, seeds, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, windblown, winter, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

I try to take my bird photos with my subjects in natural settings and I spend a lot of time out in nature to do that but I'm realizing I need to include the "hand of mhumans" in my bird photos too because some species fit into the urban environment as easily as they do out in more natural areas.

Migrating Yellow-rumped Warblers

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-09T15:09:04-05:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah, Yellow-rumped Warblers|Tags: alert, back view, branch, butter butt, fall migration, migrating, migration, pond, Setophaga coronata, warbler, warblers, windblown, Yellow-rumped Warbler, yellow-rumps|

The Yellow-rumped Warblers are seen in high numbers here in northern Utah during spring and fall migration, these birds are migrating south now.

Two simple Sage Thrasher Photos

By Mia McPherson|2022-03-13T09:48:19-05:00April 29th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Sage Thrashers, Utah|Tags: adult, background, desert island, Oreoscoptes montanus, peachy, perched, rabbitbrush, Sage Thrasher, spring, thrasher, thrashers, windblown|

While on Antelope Island yesterday I was able to photograph these two Sage Thrashers in two different locations with one perched on Sagebrush and the other on Rabbitbrush.