breezy – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

West Desert Mourning Dove Images

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Mourning Doves, Tooele County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, breeze, breezy, desert, dove, doves, fence post, gnarly, male, morning, Mourning Dove, perched, sky island mountains, spring, wooden post, Zenaida macroura|

This morning I am sharing three simple Mourning Dove images that I took two days ago out in the sky island mountains of Utah's West Desert.

Cliff Swallow Surfing A Phragmites “Wave”

By Mia McPherson|May 4th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, breezy, Cliff Swallow, marsh, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, phragmites, preening, swallow, swallows, wetlands|

When I opened this adult Cliff Swallow image on my computer at home the first thought I had was that it looked like the Cliff Swallow was surfing on a phragmites "wave".

Juvenile Northern Harrier in flight over Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|December 24th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, breezy, Circus hudsonius, clouds, flight, flying, harrier, harriers, hawks, immature, juvenile, Northern Harrier, on the wing, open water, raptors, sky, young|

I was able to take a few frames of this juvenile Northern Harrier in flight as it flew over some open water.