AOS – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Another Scrub-Jay Name Change in 2024

By Mia McPherson|December 5th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Ophir Canyon, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays|Tags: adult, American Ornithological Society, AOS, Aphelocoma woodhouseii, autumn, bill, corvids, fall, food, jay, jays, juniper, junipers, Juniperus osteosperma, name change, perched, scrub-jay, scrub-jays, seeds, shrub, sky island mountains, tree, Utah Juniper, winter, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay|

Lately, I've been wondering what the new name for the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay species, that I photograph here in Utah, will be when it is changed in 2024.

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Autumn Snipe Photos And Common Name Changes

By Mia McPherson|November 17th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Wilson's Snipes|Tags: adult, American Ornithological Society, AOS, autumn, close up, fall, foraging, Gallinago delicata, grasses, marsh, name change, peeking, portrait, shallow, shorebirds, snipe, snipes, water, wetlands, Wilson's Snipe|

The last time I visited Bear River MBR, I took quite a few photos of Wilson's Snipes. I also wondered what the new name for this snipe species will soon be.

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Dozens of American Birds To Be Renamed To Remove English Names

By Mia McPherson|November 1st, 2023|Categories: Birds, Milestone|Tags: American Ornithological Society, AOS, Canada, English names, inclusive, removed, renamed, U.S.|

It was announced by the American Ornithological Society today that the organization is committed to changing all English-language names of birds within its geographic jurisdiction that are named directly after people.

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Dabbling Duck Shuffle – Plus White Geese Become Gray Geese

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Cinnamon Teals, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, Snow Geese|Tags: American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Union, Anser caerulescens, AOS, AOU, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, lumps, Mareca strepera, Northern Shoveler, scientific name, shuffle, Snow Goose, Spatula clypeata, Spatula cyanoptera, splits|

A few more changes in the Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the AOS Check-list have to do with dabbling ducks and "white geese".

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No Willet Split Plus Other Nerdy Bird News

By Mia McPherson|July 2nd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Northern Harriers, Northern Shrikes, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: American Ornithological Society, AOS, birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, DNA, Eastern Willet, hawks, Hen Harrier, Lanius borealis, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, raptors, shorebirds, splits, subspecies, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

Just because Willets weren't split this year doesn't mean they won't be split in the future, who knows what changes will be made a year from now.

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Possible Eastern and Western Willet Split in 2017

By Mia McPherson|January 21st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: ABA, adult, American Birding Association, American Ornithological Society, AOS, DNA, Eastern Willet, flight, flying, inornata, semipalmata, shorebirds, species, split, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, Willet|

The question regarding this proposal is... Willet happen?

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