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\"GreenGreen Dragon in Hillsborough County, Florida, Wilderness Park<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to share\u00a0these images because today is Earth Day. Every plant on this planet matters today and for future generations.<\/p>\n

This vulnerable Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium<\/em>) matters. It can’t grow in the area where I found it in Florida if rampant development continues at alarming rates. Many plants are endangered from development, pollution, and because they can’t compete with invasive species.<\/p>\n

\"ScarletFemale Scarlet Skimmer<\/span><\/p>\n

The earth needs its insects, from spiders, bees dragonflies and every other insect. Bees are critical for food production yet poisons are being used that kill them and genetically modified plants are playing a role in that too. Insects matter. This female Scarlet Skimmer helps to naturally<\/em> control insect pests like mosquitoes. Insects matter, a lot.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite morph Reddish Egret in flight over the Gulf<\/span><\/p>\n

Birds are my passion, my fascination and I appreciate every bird on this planet. Birds matter. Birds help to disperse seeds and they are valuable to each and every one of us, even for the people who don’t realize it. But many\u00a0birds on earth are in danger of becoming extinct if we don’t step up to prevent it from occurring as it has with the Passenger Pigeon, the Dodo and many more.<\/p>\n

\"CoyoteCoyote on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/p>\n

Mammals matter, all wildlife does. But wildlife needs our help, many species are vulnerable and endangered. How can we close our eyes?<\/p>\n

\"ZionZion National Park view, Utah<\/span><\/p>\n

We need to protect the land, it matters. Protect it from pollution, from over development from the scars of mining and clear cutting forests. The Earth matters.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. To have life we need to protect the Earth.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wanted to share these images because today is Earth Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,100,1797,25,704,157,862,26,99,2199],"tags":[58,17284,4021,733,4002,2203,2204,4185,37,4153,17285,519,4035,160,2202,30,102,4032,4552],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-coyotes","category-dragonflies","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-reddish-egret","category-roosevelt-wetlands","category-utah","category-wildlife","category-zion-national-park","tag-antelope-island-sp","tag-arisaema-dracontium","tag-bird-photography","tag-canis-latrans","tag-coyote","tag-crocothemis-servilia","tag-dragonfly","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-florida-2","tag-fort-de-soto-county-park","tag-green-dragon","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-reddish-egret","tag-scarlet-skimmer","tag-utah-2","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-zion-national-park"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-autumn-mia-mcpherson-4220.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-27M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43162,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/11\/20\/2000-posts-about-birds-wildlife-and-nature-at-on-the-wing-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":8170,"position":0},"title":"2000 Posts About Birds, Wildlife And Nature At On The Wing Photography","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I am celebrating having published 2000 posts on birds, wildlife and nature at On The Wing Photography and sharing the stories behind the images along with the journeys I take to find my subjects.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult male Short-eared Owl on a post, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-male-perched-mia-mcpherson-2044.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-male-perched-mia-mcpherson-2044.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-male-perched-mia-mcpherson-2044.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-male-perched-mia-mcpherson-2044.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4939,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/11\/dunes-two-scenic-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":8170,"position":1},"title":"Sand Dunes – Two Scenic Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While looking through my archives a few days ago I came across two images, one of sand dunes at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida and the other of sand dunes on Antelope Island State Park in Utah. 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