worm – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

American Oystercatcher Images From Florida

By Mia McPherson|August 29th, 2025|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key State Park, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, beach, calling, chick, coastal island, crest, feathers, feeding, flight, fluffing, flying, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Himantopus mexicanus, immature, juvenile, landing, mated, mates, pair, preening, prey, probing, sand, sand bar, swallowing, water, waves, worm, wrack line, young|

I am sharing a group of American Oystercatcher photos today that were taken at Fort De Soto County Park and Egmont Key from when I lived in Florida.

Uinta Ground Squirrels Eating Earthworms

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2020|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: break, canyon, chewing, chowing down, devouring, earthworm, earthworms, eating, grasses, ground, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, meal, mountains, mouth, mud, muddy, munching, nibbling, rain, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stuffing, tongue, tugging, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, wet, worm, worms, wrestling|

Two days ago I photographed something I had never seen or documented when I stopped to take photos of a Uinta Ground Squirrel and it started eating a big, fat earthworm.

The Dunlin Gets The Worm

By Mia McPherson|August 17th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Dunlins, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, afternoon, autumn, Calidris alpina, coastal, droplets, Dunlin, dunlins, fall, nonbreeding plumage, prey, sea worm, shorebirds, tidal lagoon, Tubeworm, water, worm|

I wanted to post a shorebird today that I haven't posted in a while so I picked this image where the late afternoon Dunlin gets the worm