chilly – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Urban Mourning Dove Photos

By Mia McPherson|October 30th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Mourning Doves, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, chilly, cold morning, dove, doves, fall, foraging, greenway, male, Mourning Dove, park, urban, vegetation, Zenaida macroura|

I'm sharing a few urban Mourning Dove photos this morning that I took close to home yesterday. It was in the upper 20s when I photographed this flock of doves.

My First Of Year Uinta Ground Squirrel Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 8th, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, burrow, canyon, chilly, first of year, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, mammals, mountains, sage, sagebrush, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stump, Summit County, Urocitellus armatus, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|

I took my first of year Uinta Ground Squirrel photos yesterday morning high up in the chilly Wasatch Mountains not long after the sun lit up the sagebrush.

Drake Northern Shoveler Landing On A Chilly Pond

By Mia McPherson|November 26th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Shovelers, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, breeding plumage, chilly, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, fall, flight, flying, Glover Pond, landing, male, marsh, Northern Shoveler, pond, shoveler, shovelers, Spatula clypeata, water, waterfowl, wetlands|

This morning I am sharing a simple photo of a drake Northern Shoveler landing on a chilly pond that I took in early December of last year.