Cormorants and Anhingas – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Double-crested Cormorant coming in for a landing

By Mia McPherson|March 9th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: birds, coast, coastal, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, flight, flying, Gulf of Mexico, landing, landing pose, molt, molting, Nannopterum auritus, Pinellas County, sky|

I'm glad the Double-crested Cormorant didn't decide to relive itself as it came in to land or I might have been wearing white-wash!

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Addressing A Strange Comment

By Mia McPherson|February 18th, 2015|Categories: American Coots, Anclote Key, Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, bird photography, birds, blog comments, Double-crested Cormorant, Fulica americana, Nannopterum auritus, Nature Guy, nature photography, NatureGuy, NatureGuy@gmail.com, Pinellas County, strange comment, wildlife photography|

Anyone who has worked on their own web site that allows comments knows that there are times you get a strange comment that make you scratch your head.

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An Anhinga’s Bad Hair Day

By Mia McPherson|December 5th, 2014|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, close up, male, maple swamp, Pinellas County, portrait, snake bird, summer, swamp, wetlands|

If I were an Anhinga and stretching it even further if I were a male Anhinga this is what I would look like today.

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Highlights from yesterdays trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2014|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Double-crested Cormorants, Marsh Wrens, Muskrats, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: Aechmophorus occidentalis, Cistothorus palustris, crawdad, crayfish, Double-crested Cormorant, Marsh Wren, Muskrat, Nannopterum auritus, nature photography, Ondatra zibethicus, Western Grebe, wildlife photography|

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is always a delight and I never know exactly what I might see when I am there which suits my spontaneous nature perfectly.

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Signs of Spring ~ American Avocets and Double-crested Cormorants

By Mia McPherson|February 26th, 2012|Categories: American Avocets, Double-crested Cormorants, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, avocet, avocets, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, flight, Nannopterum auritus, Recurvirostra americana, Salt Lake County, shorebirds, spring, swimming, urban, Utah, waterbirds|

I was right on the ID and saw not just one but two of American Avocets in flying along the causeway. Wow, more "spring birds"!

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

By Mia McPherson|February 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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Double-crested Cormorant – Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|February 10th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritus, shore, shoreline, water, waterbirds, waves|

Double-crested Cormorants are the most widespread of North American cormorants where they are found in salt and freshwater habitats.

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It has only been 4 days? Really?

By Mia McPherson|May 19th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Clark's Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus clarkii, bird photography, birds, Clark's Grebe, defensive posture, Double-crested Cormorant, flight, Nannopterum auritus, nature, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Salt Lake Valley, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, wildlife|

For days it has been raining (sometimes hailing), cloudy and a miserable gray here in the Salt Lake Valley though it seems like two weeks to this bird photographer.

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Coming Soon to a view near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|March 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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Anhinga Portraits

By Mia McPherson|November 17th, 2010|Categories: Anhingas, Birds, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, anhingas, close up, female, lake, Lake Carillon, male, portrait, snake bird, spring, water bird, water turkey, wetlands|

Anhingas have always fascinated me. These are portraits of both the male and female.

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Injured Birds

By Mia McPherson|August 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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