ballet – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Soothing Sounds of Birds From My Living Room Window

By Mia McPherson|September 6th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Canada Geese, Capitol Reef National Park, Downy Woodpeckers, Morgan County, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, autumn, ballet, Black-capped Chickadee, branch, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, canyon, chickadee, chickadees, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, fall, forest edge, geese, goose, lift off, lifting off, male, mountains, perched, Poecile atricapillus, pond, take off, taking off, urban, waterfowl, winter, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

I like having my windows open so I can hear the sounds of birds when I can't be in the field. It helps me to hear them especially when the world is so crazy.

Time For The Black-billed Magpie Nest Building Ballet

By Mia McPherson|February 19th, 2016|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah|Tags: adult, ballet, Black-billed Magpie, bush, landing, magpie, magpies, nest building, nesting, nesting material, Pica hudsonia|

I know I am looking forward to photographing and watching the Black-billed Magpie nest building ballet that occurs each spring.

The Ring-billed Gull Ballet

By Mia McPherson|October 14th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Ring-billed Gulls|Tags: adult, ballet, coast, coastal, Gulf of Mexico, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, Ring-billed Gull, rough seas, summer, water, waves|

Among the bait fish skirmishes one solitary Ring-billed Gull stood out to me and as it flew after the Reddish Egret and Laughing Gulls I kept my lens trained on it.