close to home – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

First Winter Drake Common Goldeneye Close Up & Close To Home

By Mia McPherson|July 24th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Bucephala clangula, close to home, close up, Common Goldeneye, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, first winter, goldeneyes, immature, male, urban, waterfowl, winter|

This first winter Common Goldeneye drake had no issues with getting close to me as I photographed it on a chilly December afternoon.

The Advantages of Photographing Birds Close to Home

By Mia McPherson|February 18th, 2014|Categories: American Coots, American White Pelicans, Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: American Coot, American White Pelican, Aythya collaris, close to home, coots, ducks, Fulica americana, grebes, mergansers, Mergus serrator, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, photograph, photographing, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck|

Many beginning photographers dream of taking images in far off places of exotic birds and there is nothing wrong with that. But we shouldn’t overlook the advantages of photographing birds close to home.

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, birds, 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.