clear – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Springtime Rock Wren Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Rock Wrens, Utah|Tags: adult, blue, Box Elder County, clear, cliff, desert, desert habitat, lichen, lichen covered, lichens, nesting materials, perched, rock, Rock Wren, rocks, Salpinctes obsoletus, sky, spring, staring, Utah, wren, wrens|

Any time I have a Rock Wren in my viewfinder is a good day for me. Yesterday was an especially good day because I had two nesting adult Rock Wrens to focus on.

Winter Canada Geese – Longing For Cooler, Smoke and Wildfire Free Days

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, clear, geese, goose, landing, pond, portrait, waterfowl, winter|

I've spent a lifetime appreciating these large geese and when I have lived in locations where Canada Geese weren't present I have missed hearing them calling overhead or seeing them floating by on the water.

Drake Redhead Photos Taken in Different Lighting Conditions

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Redheads, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, afternoon, Aythya americana, clear, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, low light, male, morning, pond, Redhead, snow, snowy, urban, waterfowl, winter|

I enjoy viewing the image of the drake Redhead on the snowy January morning just as much as the drake Redhead photo on a clear February afternoon, they both show the ducks doing what ducks do no matter what the weather is doing.