spring time – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Spring time Meadowlark

By Mia McPherson|2020-03-12T16:11:42-05:00March 5th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: adult, bird photography, emerging grasses, grasses, meadowlark, meadowlarks, spring, spring time, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark|

This Western Meadowlark was busy yesterday poking its sharp bill through the emerging grasses to find prey in the warming soil.

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I know why I love this scenic image of Red Rock Lakes NWR

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:10:47-06:00September 9th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, valley|Tags: landscapes, nature, nature photography, photography, scenery, spring time|

I love the beautiful early morning light, the wildflowers blooming in the foreground, how the sunlight is kissing the tops of the grasses and mountain tops, the snow and the lovely, fluffy clouds.

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Springtime Raven

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-25T08:14:44-05:00April 30th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Common Ravens, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, Common Raven, corvids, Corvus corax, perched, pink wildflowers, raven, ravens, Redstem Filaree, rock, spring, spring time, wildflowers|

Yesterday I was lucky enough to find and point out this springtime Raven perched in front of a field of pink Filaree, a wildflower from the Geranium family.

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Springtime Pronghorns on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-16T10:25:58-06:00April 1st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Pronghorn, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: antelope, Gray's Biscuitroot, Lomatium grayi, nature, nature photography, Pronghorn, Pronghorn Antelope, spring, spring time, wildlife|

These Pronghorn images were taken a few years ago during the spring and I thought I would share them this morning partly because the yellow flowers in these images; Gray's Biscuitroot, have just started to bloom this year.

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Spring Time Chukar

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:44-06:00May 1st, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Alectoris chukar, bird photography, Chukar, Redstem Filaree, spring, spring time, upland game birds, wildflowers|

I liked that this spring time Chukar perched on a rock where a few of the Redstem Filaree were visible.

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Coming Soon to a view near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:39:04-05:00March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

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