Anarhynchus montanus – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Six Years Of Daily Posts At On The Wing Photography

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, East Canyon, Milestone, Morgan County, Mountain Plovers, Nashville Warblers, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Anarhynchus montanus, berries, branch, Crataegus rivularis, fruit, hawthorn, hawthorns, Leiothlypis ruficapilla, mentoring, milestone, Mountain Plover, Nashville Warbler, plover, plovers, Poocetes gramineus, River Hawthorn, shorebirds, sparrow, sparrows, Vesper Sparrow, warbler, warblers|

Today I am celebrating six years of daily posts without missing a day here at On The Wing Photography. That is two thousand one hundred and ninety-two days of nonstop publication.

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My Rare Mountain Plover Sighting Happened Almost Seven Years Ago

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, breeding plumage, female, Ghosts of the Prairie, grasses, male, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, rare, rarities, rarity, resting, shorebirds, sighting, spring, spring migration|

My rare Mountain Plover sighting happened almost seven years ago on Antelope Island State Park when I spotted, identified and photographed of the plovers during spring migration.

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The State of North American Birds and its Not Good News

By Mia McPherson|July 1st, 2016|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Sage-Grouse, Mountain Plovers, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: American Oystercatcher, Anarhynchus montanus, arid habitat, Centrocercus urophasianus, coast, decline, egrets, Egretta rufescens, extinction, grasslands, Greater Sage-Grouse, Haematopus palliatus, Mountain Plover, oceans, Reddish Egret, sage-grouse, sagebrush steppe, shorebirds, state of the birds, upland terrestrial birds, wading birds|

These four birds, an American Oystercatcher, a Greater Sage-Grouse, a Reddish Egret and a Mountain Plover are all facing the risk of extinction without serious conservation measures to reduce declines in populations and habitat destruction.

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Mountain Plovers – Technology Today Is Amazing

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, Apps, bird listserv, bird photography, breeding plumage, eBird, female, male, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, rare, rare birds, rarity, shorebirds, smart phones, social media, technologies, technology, wirelessly|

Seven days shy of a year ago I found two rare Mountain Plovers in the White Rock Bay area of Antelope Island State Park and lately I have been hoping to see them again.

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Mountain Plover on Antelope Island State Park

By Mia McPherson|December 3rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, breeding plumage, male, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, rare, rarity, shorebirds, spring, Utah Bird Records Committee|

Eight months ago I spotted two Mountain Plovers on Antelope Island State Park and I am still blown away by seeing and photographing those beautiful shorebirds who are uncommon in Utah.

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Ghosts of the Prairie – Mountain Plovers

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, breeding plumage, female, Ghosts of the Prairie, male, Mountain Plover, mountain plovers, plover, plovers, Prairie Ghost, rare, rarity, shorebirds, spring|

On April 10th I spotted two Mountain Plovers on Antelope Island State Park after reporting it to the UBIRD birding list many birders and bird photographers sped to the island to see these birds which are a rarity in this area.

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Mountain Plovers – Comparing two similar looking species

By Mia McPherson|April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Killdeer, Mountain Plovers, Pinellas County, Rarities, Utah|Tags: Anarhynchus montanus, bird ID, Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius vociferus, comparing species, ID features, identification, Killdeer, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, Pluvialis squatarola, rare, rarity|

There are a few similar species that occur in Utah and surrounding states that could be confused with Mountain Plovers.

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A Few Bird Images From This Past Week

By Mia McPherson|April 13th, 2013|Categories: American Avocets, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Great Egrets, Long-billed Curlews, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, Anarhynchus montanus, Ardea alba, avocet, avocets, curlew, curlews, egrets, Great Egret, Long-billed Curlew, Mountain Plover, Numenius americanus, plover, plovers, rare, rarity, Recurvirostra americana, shorebirds, wading birds|

Even though I only got out to photograph birds three times this week each of the days I did get out were very memorable!

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More Mountain Plover Images

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: Anarhynchus montanus, bird photography, images, Mountain Plover, mountain plovers, plover, plovers, rare, rarities, rarity, shorebirds|

I wanted to share a few more of the Mountain Plover images I took which are a lifer bird for me as well as being rare in Utah.

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Mountain Plovers – A Dream Come True

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, Antelope Island State Park, bird photography, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, rare, rarities, rarity, record, shorebirds|

What I saw through my lens was a Mountain Plover, a bird I have long dreamed of seeing. A rarity here in Utah.

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