banking – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Time To Keep An Eye On The Sky For Bald Eagles

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-03T12:33:23-05:00November 21st, 2020|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Eagle, banking, eagle, eagles, flat, flats, flight, flooded, flying, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, marsh, on the wing, raptors, water, winter|

I could see a Bald Eagle being chased by a gull in the sky and my heart skipped a beat because I know it is time for me to keep an eye on the sky for Bald Eagles again.

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Photographing Three Short-eared Owls In Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|2021-03-13T11:14:03-06:00June 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: 40 mph, adult, Asio flammeus, banking, desert, flight, flying, lifting off, male, owl, owls, perched, raptors, sage, sagebrush, sagebrush sea, Short-eared Owl, speed limit sign|

I don't know for sure if I will see another Short-eared Owl to photograph this year but I do know I had fun photographing these three.

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Farmington Bay Bald Eagles Close Up And Far Away

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-16T11:53:39-05:00February 17th, 2019|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, Bald Eagle, banking, circling, eagle, eagles, extended, flight, flying, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, landing, marsh, mud, raptors, stiff breeze, water, wings, winter|

I'd gotten the long distance images of the Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay that I wanted to take plus close up images of this adult eagle as it flew past me. It was a great morning to be at Farmington Bay.

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Snowy Egret Landing Sequence Plus Two Bonus Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T04:07:50-05:00September 29th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, banking, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, flight, fluffed up, Golden Slipper, landing, leaning, marsh, morning light, settling down, shallow water, snowy, Snowy Egret, strutting, wading birds, wetlands, wings|

Four days ago I was able to photograph a Snowy Egret landing sequence that I liked because of the action of the bird, the setting and the lovely lighting I had at the time.

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Cliff Face and a Banking Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-04T06:49:45-05:00April 20th, 2016|Categories: Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, banking, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, cliff face, Gray's Biscuitroot, hawks, Hawks of Utah, Lomatium grayi, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

This banking Red-tailed Hawk is one of the pair that are busy building their nest and making nearby forays to find nesting materials.

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Banking American Kestrel female

By Mia McPherson|2022-03-16T06:45:17-05:00April 7th, 2014|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Kestrel, banking, birds of prey, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, female, flight, flying, kestrel, kestrels, marsh, Sparrow Hawk, wetlands, winter|

The term "Banking" in my title doesn't mean this female American Kestrel is heading to the closest ATM or to a local branch of Wells Fargo because this little beauty doesn't care one cent about money!

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