Uncategorized – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Snowberry Clearwing Moth Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: adult, Arkansas, Butterfly Bush, clearwing, clearwings, flight, flight flying, flying, garden, Hemaris diffinis, hovering, insects, Meadow Sage, moth, moths, nectaring, Salvia, Sebastian County, Snowberry Clearwing, Snowberry Clearwing moth, summer, urban, yard|

Snowberry Clearwing Moth photos are what I am sharing this morning. The first five images were taken yesterday, and the last one was taken in the spring.

Subadult Green Heron In My Viewfinder

By Mia McPherson|July 29th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Butorides virescens, Dockery Slough, downed tree, fallen tree, feathers, Green Heron, haze, heron, herons, lake, perched, preening, Sally Jones Lake, shaking, slough, sub-adult, subadult, summer, trees, vegetation, wading birds, water|

Yesterday morning, I had a marvelous time with a subadult Green Heron in my viewfinder at Dockery Slough on the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Violet-green Swallow Photos

By Mia McPherson|May 27th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: adult, alpine forest, branch, branches, canyon, female, flight, flying, forest, guarding, male, mountains, nesting cavity, scuffling, sky, sky island mountains, spring, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta thalassina, Tooele County, tree, trees, tussling, Utah, Violet-green Swallow, west desert|

Yesterday I was able to take the Violet-green Swallow photos that I have been dreaming of since I first moved to Utah in 2009.