fishing line – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Female Great-tailed Grackle Portraits

By Mia McPherson|2023-05-05T04:59:48-05:00May 5th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great-tailed Grackles, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, close up, female, fishing line, grackes, grackle, grass, Great-tailed Grackle, head on, park, picking up, portrait, Quiscalus mexicanus, spring, urban|

On the last day of April, I had a bit of good luck when a female Great-tailed Grackle walked so close to me at a local pond that I could take portraits of her.

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Fishing Line Is A Dangerous Nesting Material

By Mia McPherson|2023-04-21T04:22:20-05:00April 19th, 2023|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Fishing Line Dangers, Nesting Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, dangerous, fishing line, fishing weight, grass, grasses, nesting materials, nesting season, park, pond, robin, robins, spring, Turdus migratorius, urban|

All across the country it is nesting season for many North American birds. For some nesting birds it is also a very dangerous time because of fishing line.

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The Dangers of Fishing Line and Hooks for Birds and other Wildlife

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T05:08:44-05:00February 18th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Environment, Fishing Line Dangers, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, White Ibises|Tags: amputations, dangers, death, Double-crested Cormorant, environment, fishermen, fishing line, fishing lures, health, Laughing Gull, lead weights, rescue, rescued, safety, strangulation, White Ibis|

The dangers of fishing line and hooks for birds and other wildlife are real and damaging.

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Injured Birds

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:49:34-05:00August 27th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Northern Gannets|Tags: cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, fishing hook, fishing line, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, gannet, gannets, injured, injured birds, Morus bassanus, Nannopterum auritus, Northern Gannet, Pinellas County, rescue groups|

Many people volunteer at bird rescue groups, donate time or money to help the injured birds. The rescue groups provide a safe haven for birds to recover before being released back into the wild.

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