branches – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rough-legged Hawk ~ Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, branches, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, light morph, perched, raptors, Rough-legged Hawk, sky, tree, winter, young|

Rough-legged Hawks breed in the Arctic so we don't see them around here in northern Utah during the summer.

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Merlin Perched In A Tree ~ Friday Photos

By Mia McPherson|January 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Merlins, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, branch, branches, Falco columbarius, Falco columbarius richardsonii, falcon, falcons, high key, low light, marsh, Merlin, merlins, perched, pigeon hawks, prairie, raptors, Salt Lake Valley, tree, winter|

Merlins are winter visitors in the Salt Lake Valley so I have just a few more weeks to attempt photographing them. Merlins are used to be called "pigeon hawks" because their shape and flight patterns are similar to pigeons.

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Western Kingbirds – My FOY

By Mia McPherson|May 1st, 2011|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: adult, bird photography, branches, first of year, flycatcher, flycatchers, kingbird, kingbirds, perched, Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird|

While I observed them one of the Western Kingbirds was actively hawking insects, swooping towards a bug then perching until it saw the next insect.

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Birds – Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2011|Categories: American Robins, Belted Kingfishers, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Robin, Belted Kingfisher, bird photography, branches, close to home, Jordan River Parkway Trail, kingfisher, kingfishers, Megaceryle alcyon, perched, robin, robins, sky, spring weather, sucker holes, trees, Turdus migratorius, urban|

I can take advantage of the sucker holes by photographing birds close to home when the sun breaks through the clouds.

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