checking – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Focusing On Female A Red-bellied Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|June 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, checking, close up, driftwood, eye level, feeder, female, garden, Melanerpes carolinus, out, peeking, portrait, Red-bellied Woodpecker, spring, turn, urban, waiting, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard|

Today my post focuses on an adult female Red-bellied Woodpecker because she is lovely. I took these images in Arkansas in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

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Urban Double-crested Cormorant Photos In Spring

By Mia McPherson|April 9th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, checking, cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, First Spring, flock, immature, Nannopterum auritus, out, park, pond, Salt Lake County, spring, urban, Utah, water, waterbirds|

While looking at my Common Loon photos from last spring, I came across these Double-crested Cormorant photos that I took at the same time last year.

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2023 – That’s A Wrap

By Mia McPherson|December 31st, 2023|Categories: American Robins, Birds, Indigo Buntings|Tags: adult, American Robin, Arkansas River, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, breeding plumage, bunting, checking, Indigo Bunting, male, Passerina cyanea, perched, robin, robins, singing, snow, snowy, spring, thrush, thrushes, Turdus migratorius, urban, winter|

I'm breaking from my own tradition this year and simply calling 2023 a wrap. Typically, I share photos from each month of the year and write about my journeys.

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Common Loon Checking Me Out

By Mia McPherson|December 22nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, checking, Common Loon, Gavia immer, loon, loons, me, out, park, pond, spring, urban, water, waterbirds|

This morning, I am not feeling up to par, so I am sharing a single Common Loon photo that I took in April at my local pond. They are gorgeous birds.

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Focusing On American Coot Photos At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|January 11th, 2022|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Coot, big, checking, coot, coots, Davis County, droplets, eating, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, feeding, feet, foot, forating, frost, frosty, Fulica americana, grass, grasses, green, ice, lifted, marsh, out, rest, sip, thin, Utah, vegetation, water, wetland, winter|

Yesterday morning I spent part of my time focusing on taking American Coot photos in the marshes and wetlands of Farmington Bay WMA. I adore these goofy birds.

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Nesting Western Grebe Plus Good News On The Parleys Canyon Fire

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, breeding season, checking, eggs, grebe, grebes, incubate, incubating, marsh, nest, nesting, settling, summer, turn, turning, Utah, water, Western Grebe, wetlands|

One year ago today I found a nesting Western Grebe with two eggs at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I realized yesterday that I had never shared photos of it.

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