barrier island – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Great Horned Owl Chick In Coastal Florida

By Mia McPherson|March 5th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: barrier island, birds of prey, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal, coastal island, coastal key, dead tree, Great Horned Owl, Gulf Coast, immature, owl, owlet, owls, pine forest, raptors, slash pine forest, snag, tree, winter, young|

This image of a Great Horned Owl chick resting near its nest on the coast Florida in lovely afternoon light brings back wonderful memories for me. It was 2008.

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Great Horned Owl and fledgling strongly backlit by the setting sun

By Mia McPherson|March 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Horned Owls, Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, back lit, barrier island, branch, Bubo virginianus, chick, coastal island, feeding, fledgling, Great Horned Owl, immature, juvenile, key, owl, owlet, owls, pine, slash pine forest, tree, winter, young|

What can I say about this image of an adult Great Horned Owl feeding its young that is strongly back lit by the setting sun on Honeymoon Island State Park in Florida?

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Great Egret In Breeding Plumage

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Great Egrets, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, barrier island, breeding plumage, close up, coastal, egret, egrets, Great Egret, portrait, spring|

Great Egrets develop fancy plumes when they are in breeding plumage and seem to be quite famous for that but their lores also change color from yellow to a lime green

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Nanday Parakeets

By Mia McPherson|March 8th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Nanday Parakeets, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, barrier island, coastal, Nanday Parakeet, Nandayus nenday, non-native, parakeet, parakeets, sand spurs, sandspurs|

Any bird that eats those nasty sand spurs is a hero in my book and Nanday Parakeets are one of them.

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